Blue Laws Prevent Sale Of Alcoholic Beverages On Thanksgiving

WBZ NewsRadio’s James Rojas reports.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
State Representative David Lynsky's effort to make it legal to
buy alcohol on Thanksgiving at liquor and grocery stores has
stalled it once again, just like in year's past. That
means these folks need a stock up on booze now
because come Turkey Day, if they run out, they're out
of luck.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Of course, you're trying to enjoy some time with your family,
you're run around and forget to buy alcohol and you've
got nowhere to go.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
I don't know, not everyone celebrates, so I don't know why.
It's kind of like archaic.

Speaker 4 (00:28):
I don't know, we have like old liquor laws.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
I feel like.

Speaker 4 (00:30):
So, also, everyone's drinking on Thanksgiving, so.

Speaker 5 (00:33):
Yeah, what if the like what if the you need
to just like run because you ran out of wine
or something.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
Also a good reminder, it's illegal in Massachusetts to buy
alcohol at stores on Christmas in the Financial District. James
Rojas w b Z, Boston's news radio