{"id":40248,"date":"2018-12-24T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T21:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/just-about-all-of-juneau-is-closed-for-christmas\/"},"modified":"2018-12-24T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T23:16:00","slug":"just-about-all-of-juneau-is-closed-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/home\/just-about-all-of-juneau-is-closed-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Just about all of Juneau is closed for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those looking for something to do indoors or somewhere to eat on Christmas Day will have a hard time finding anything beyond Netflix and their fridge.<\/p>\n

Just about everything will be closed.<\/p>\n

Little Tokyo will be open from noon-8 p.m., but 11 other Thai, Chinese and Japanese restaurants called said they would be closed on Christmas.<\/p>\n

The Douglas and Mendenhall Valley Breeze In locations will be open for regular business hours, but the Lemon Creek location will be closed.<\/p>\n

Pucker Wilson’s will serve up free cheeseburgers on Christmas from 11 a.m., until they run out.<\/p>\n

Buying batteries for new Christmas gadgets could prove difficult — Fred Meyer, Safeway, Costco, Foodland IGA and Super Bear IGA are closed for the holiday, according to the stores’ greetings.<\/p>\n

[Santa trades in a sleigh for a fire truck<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n

Gross Alaska’s two in-town theaters will be among the few things open in the evening on Dec. 25. Both Glacier Cinemas<\/a> in the Mendenhall Valley and 20th Century Theatre<\/a> downtown offer movie options on Christmas.<\/p>\n

Between the two theaters, seven movies will each be screened twice — once around 4 p.m. and once around 7 p.m, according to an email response from Gross Alaska’s date desk.<\/p>\n

At the larger Glacier Cinemas, “Second Act” will play at 4:15 p.m. and 7:05 p.m, “Bumblebee” at 4:10 p.m. and 7 p.m., “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” at 4:20 p.m. and 7:15 p.m., “Mary Poppins Returns” at 4 p.m. and 6:50 p.m. and “Welcome to Marwen” at 4:05 p.m. and 7:10 p.m.<\/p>\n

At 20th Century Theatre, “Aquaman” will show at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. and “Mortal Engines” at 4:10 p.m. and 7:10 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Gold Town Nickelodeon will be closed, said Collette Costa, theater manager, who added it’s hard to find someone to show a movie on Christmas Day. There will be a 4 p.m. Dec. 29 <\/a>showing of “The Lion In Winter,” a Peter O’Toole classic, to celebrate the holiday season.<\/p>\n

Anyone looking to ice skate won’t have an indoor option, and if you want to hit the slopes, you’ll need to be willing to do so without help from a chairlift. Both Treadwell Ice Arena and Eaglecrest Ski Area will be closed on Christmas.<\/p>\n

[Photos: Christmas lights in Juneau<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n

The Glory Hall homeless shelter downtown will be open for a holiday meal. In the early evening, the congregation of Sukkat Shalom will continue the long-running tradition of cooking and serving a meal at the Glory Hall.<\/p>\n

Bev Ingram, Glory Hall organizer for Sukkat Shalom, said it’s something Juneau’s Jewish community has been doing for more than a decade, and this year’s meal will be served around 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

“There’s no buses on that day, so Glory Hall usually has less people than usual,” Ingram said.<\/p>\n

She said that typically means about 40 to 60 people.<\/p>\n

“But there’s no such thing as too much food,” Ingram said.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Contact arts and culture reporter Ben Hohenstatt at 523-2243 or bhohenstatt@juneauempire.com.<\/b><\/p>\n

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