There are plenty of options for an eat-out meal or quick bite on Christmas Day. From fast food restaurants to coffee shops, customers looking to dine out on Dec. 25 will have plenty of options to choose from.

Liquor stores are closed on Christmas, but convenient stores and groceries store that are open on the holiday will sell beer and wine.

In Rhode Island, many businesses can't open on Christmas under state law. Some businesses, like gas stations, florists and pharmacies, are allowed to be open on restricted holidays. But, even if a business is allowed to open on Christmas Day,

Several grocery stores in the Houston area will be operating on limited hours for Christmas Eve, with most closed Christmas Day. So folks looking to do some last-minute grocery shopping should plan accordingly.

DALLAS — As storms moved through North Texas on Christmas Eve, they knocked out power for thousands of Oncort customers. By around 1 p.m., over 4,000 customers were affected by outages, according to the Oncor outage map.

A low pressure system will move across the middle of the country and interact with deep Gulf moisture, setting the state for rainfall.