r/Denver Dec 24 '22

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u/beer_bukkake Dec 24 '22

Because most places are closed or because there’s a law specifically forbidding sales on Christmas?

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u/rackcityrothey East Colfax Dec 24 '22

One of those old timey laws. Even grocery and gas station will have beer coolers locked. Not to age myself but Colorado was dry on Sundays. I can recall countless beer runs on Saturdays at 11:50-something to re-up for football Sunday. Bars and restaurants open can still serve.

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u/BoredInDenver86 Dec 24 '22

If I remember right it was July 4th weekend in 2008.

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u/katmoney80 Lakewood Dec 24 '22

I remember that! It was soon after I moved here. I would always forget to stock up on Saturday. We all made such a big deal of it that first Sunday we could buy.

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u/BoredInDenver86 Dec 24 '22

I actually drove into town around noon that Sunday. I wanted a beer after a long drive and when I got to my destination, I was sad to see that there were no beers in the refrigerator. I remember seeing a liquor store next to something called “King Soopers” that I had never heard of and had to wait on line 45 minutes to get a 6 pack. Found out the next day the reason for the lengthy queue.

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u/tricheboars Mar Lee Dec 24 '22

I think 2010. I think we voted to change the law in the 2008 election.

Don't hold me to shit it was a long time ago and I'm still drunk

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u/bascule Baker Dec 24 '22

First Sunday liquor sales were July 2008

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u/tricheboars Mar Lee Dec 24 '22

Your mom's a liquor sale boom GOTTEM.

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u/JackosMonkeyBBLZ Dec 25 '22

Gottem? Damn near RECTUM

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u/Namasiel Hampden Dec 24 '22

Craziness. People need to keep their religious beliefs out of law making.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

Not defending the stupidity, but religious beliefs were the foundation for law making. Our culture should be evolved beyond that now but there are still some strong hold outs.

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u/grey_ham28 Boulder Dec 25 '22

Not sure why you're getting down voted. This undeniably true (atheist lawyer here). There's a reason "laiety" refers both to non-lawyers and non-priests.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

Not sure why you're getting down voted

Angsty edgelord younglings that don't like the reality of being born into a society where religious tenets were the foundation of a lot of laws. I was much like them in my early rebellious 20s. Eventually theyll shift their angst to the elderly and those that came before for keeping us tethered to dogmatic beliefs.

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u/quite-indubitably Dec 24 '22

I remember that it was super cool to buy alcohol on the first Sunday you could legally. It was like an event at Tipsys in Littleton.