Better stock up before the big man comes down the chimney. Texas, along with 25 other states ban alcohol sales on Christmas day.
Are you planning on starting your Christmas morning with a pitcher of cranberry mimosas? How about sipping on champagne on New Year’s Day? If you find yourself in Texas you better stock up before the big guy comes down the chimney; state law prohibits liquor sales on Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and even Thanksgiving.
The law to ban sales of alcohol on Sundays, which has been active since 1935, was created as a response to the repeal of prohibition. Since then, lawmakers have passed the ban on alcoholic beverages on Christmas (1967) and on Thanksgiving Day and New Year’s (1979). These blue laws were first intended to enforce religious worship, and while many states have gotten rid of these laws, many states (especially in the south) still follow the ban of alcohol sales on certain days.
