A big part of Christmas is the dinner, but what if you had a few things left to pick up on your shopping list? 

Local grocery stores were still open on Christmas Eve with some shoppers braving crowds to get last minute items. 

Some people planned ahead, calling the store and asking them to hold items for them. 

"I made sure they had enough ham" said Marnie Allword, who drove to the Wegmans on Peach Street from Cleveland. "I got the biggest ham in the cooler. I called the meat department and asked them to hold it". 

Overall people said stores weren't as busy as they expected. 

Tops and Wegmans are both closed Christmas Day. They'll reopen the morning of December 26th.