Make a shopping list and check it twice: DC-area shoppers scramble to grocery stores on Christmas Eve

Last-minute grocery shopping on Christmas eve

With Christmas Day getting closer, malls and stores were packed Tuesday afternoon with last-minute shoppers.

It’s not only gifts that people need to pick up, it’s also any missing items needed for the holiday meal.

WTOP visited the Giant Food on Rockville Pike in Rockville, Maryland, to find out why some shoppers wait until it’s almost too late.

Watch the video to find out what people had on their lists.

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Jimmy Alexander

Jimmy Alexander has been a part of the D.C. media scene as a reporter for DC News Now and a long-standing voice on the Jack Diamond Morning Show. Now, Alexander brings those years spent interviewing newsmakers like President Bill Clinton, Paul McCartney and Sean Connery, to the WTOP Newsroom.

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