It’s time to party like it’s 2024 — because it is! After a night to end the year, you might want to restock your depleted liquor cabinet.
In Massachusetts, certain holidays are subject to laws that restrict the type of work or the kind of commercial activities allowed to remain open, specifically Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, according to the secretary of state’s office.
New Year’s Day is recognized by the state as a holiday, although New Year’s Eve is not.
Since New Year’s Eve landed on a Sunday, Massachusetts residents may have faced hours restrictions due to the state’s “Blue Laws,” where liquor sales were allowed as early as 11 a.m. and ended no later than 11 p.m. or 11:30 p.m on a day before a legal holiday, according to state’s Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.
Early Sunday times aside, liquor stores aren’t likely to be closed Monday for the New Year’s holiday. To make sure you don’t waste a trip, better to call your favorite packie ahead of time and see what its hours are before you head out.
The only holidays where alcohol sales at liquor stores are prohibited in Massachusetts is on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day or in the morning of Memorial Day, according to the secretary of state’s office.
