MCALLEN – Closing time has arrived for a lot of chain stores in the Rio Grande Valley.

CHANNEL 5 NEWS took a look inside Tuesday's last minute rush and the lessons shoppers might have learned.

Patience was a must for Christmas Eve shoppers.

"It's pretty much human nature, everybody waits till the last minute," says Joe Moreno, a holiday shopper.

Most stores are closed Tuesday night and won't reopen until after Christmas.

Watch the video for the full story.