For first time since Prohibition, you can buy alcohol on Christmas

Eat, drink and be merry. And yes, now that includes alcohol on Christmas Day.

In case you’ve forgotten, last December Gov. Mike Pence signed House Bill 1542 that removed a longtime state provision that made it illegal to sell alcoholic beverages from 3 a.m. Dec. 25 to 7 a.m. Dec. 26. The bill went into effect on July 1, making this Christmas the first to allow sales since Prohibition.

Although many businesses are closed on Christmas Day — restaurants, bars, liquor stores and groceries that open will be allowed to sell alcohol.

However, the state's Sunday carry-out restrictions remain. Corporal Brandon Thomas with Indiana State Excise Police wrote in an email: "If Christmas falls on a Sunday, bars, restaurants and other locations that sell alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption would still be able to do so. Liquor stores, convenience stores, grocery stores, and other retailers that sell carry out would not."

Christmas falls on a Sunday in 2016.

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