Few national restaurant chains will open their doors Sunday for Christmas.
The big picture: Major chains including Chili’s, Taco Bell, Chipotle, Olive Garden and Outback Steakhouse are closed for the holiday while McDonald's, Starbucks and Dunkin' are open.
The hunt is on to find last-minute Christmas gifts and missing ingredients for your holiday meal.
Threat level: Brace yourself as most stores, including grocery stores, are closed for the holiday while many convenience store chains and drugstores are open Sunday.
Flight delays and cancellations continue to wreak havoc on thousands of travelers' plans as a major winter storm unleashes wicked weather across the U.S.
The latest: As of 4pm ET Saturday, FlightAware reported at least 6,180 delays and 2,675 cancellations for flights within or into the country, just hours ahead of the Christmas holiday.
Your Christmas meals with all the fixings, including eggnog and ham, cost around 16.4% more than last year with inflation.
Why it matters: Nearly every ingredient in 2022 holiday feasts is more expensive — hit by inflation, supply chain interruptions and the avian flu, according to data from Datasembly and the Consumer Price Index.
The Mega Millions jackpot grew to $565 million for the Dec. 27 drawing after nobody won the grand prize in Friday’s pre-Christmas drawing.
Driving the news: If Tuesday’s drawing has one or more winning tickets, the jackpot is estimated to be the sixth largest in the lottery's 20-year history, Mega Millions said in a statement Saturday.
The big picture: With Christmas Eve falling on a Saturday, expect stores to be busier than last year. However, the epic winter storm hitting swaths of the U.S. could affect store and mall hours.
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