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Wednesday 08
December 2010 |
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Retailers
Offer
Special
Hours
And
Opening
24 Hours
For The
Christmas
Season
Spending
your
Aguinaldo
this
season
will not
be a
problem
as
retailers
and
banks
are
working
hard and
long
hours to
make
sure you
hand
over
your
money.
Leading
the way
with
special
hours is
Hipermás,
which
will be
open to
midnight
from
December
17 to 22
and 24
hours on
December
23, back
to 9pm
on the
December
24, 25,
31 and
January
2 and
10pm
from
December
26 to
30.
Yesterday
(Tuesday)
Pricesmart
Escazú
was open
to
midnight
in a
test of
hours
and
employees
to match
Hipermás'
holiday
hours.
Supermarkets
like
Megasuper
and
Automercado
are also
expected
to be
opened
past
their
typical
9pm and
10pm
closings,
matching
the
midnight
closing
of Mas x
Menos
(another
Walmart
franchise).
Banks
like the
Banco de
Costa
Rica (BCR)
and the
Banco
Popular
will
onlyu
close on
December
25, 31
and
January
1. Some
banks
like the
Popular
have
announced
extended
hours
December
23 and
24.
Although
central
government
offices
will be
closed
at the
end of
business
day on
December
23 and
re-open
on
January
3, 2011,
autonomous
agencies
like the
Instituto
Costarricense
de
Electricidad
(ICE)
will be
open for
business
selling
cellular
lines
and
phones
throughout
the
holiday
period. |
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Rica
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