Shop around the clock or until you drop!

Have a craving for socks and underwear at 4 am? Well if you want to plan ahead and make a drive you can fill your nocturnal hour wishes

Wal Mart Canada is taking the Christmas shopping experience to 24 hours beginning December 1st, with 80 of their 278 locations staying open around the clock until Christmas.

In a press release issued yesterday Wal Mart's Canadian senior vice president of Operations Syvain Prud'homme suggested that "One way to get into the holiday spirit is to take the stress out of shopping," stress that apparently can be relieved by all access shopping whenever the urge strikes we assume, "We hear again and again, the single most meaningful change we can make for holiday shoppers is to deliver convenience. What's more convenient than a store open whenever you're ready to shop?"

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Cynics might answer have enough cashiers to get a customer out within 24 hours but we digress..

So far the closest that the North Coast can get to a 24 hour Wal Mart experience is the Prince George store, which begins its round the clock openings on December 1st.

Wal Mart suggests that shoppers consult their up to date list after December 5th, to see if the Terrace operation joins in on the round the clock frivolity.

So whether you're a last minute shopper, one of those procrastinating shoppers or just someone with a little too much time on your hands, there's now a Wal Mart greeter (perhaps Jack Bauer) with your cart at the ready whenever you are.