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Merry Christmas, dear readers!

So, what time did you wake up this morning? If you’re like most American parents then you were probably up a full hour before sunrise. According to one survey, the average kid wakes up on Christmas morning at 6:44 a.m.

In fact, there’s a good chance that by the time this email lands in your inbox, your living room has been transformed by piles of torn wrapping paper and empty cardboard boxes. So what to do with the rest of the day? We have some ideas.

Here’s a list of places that are open and things to do today.

And here’s a list of restaurants that are open, too.

But before you scoot out the door, wipe the sleep from your eyes and savor this moment. Christmas, after all, comes but once a year.

Slow down with these stories:

If you know somebody near Nashville that could use a free meal today, send them to this diner, which serves free Christmas Day dinners to anyone who walks into the restaurant.

Influenza is now so widespread in Tennessee that the flu vaccine is being offered at no charge at all county health departments.

And, these are the top 10 benefits American workers say they want.