Here’s why liquor stores will be closed for 61 consecutive hours around the New Year’s holiday

HOUSTON — If you plan to make a trip to the liquor store before the New Year’s holiday, you need to go Saturday. If you don’t, you won’t be able to pick anything up until Tuesday morning when the holiday is over. That’s because in Texas, state law requires liquor stores to be closed on Sundays, as well as certain holidays, including Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, according to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. New Year’s Day falls on a Monday, so that’s two straight days of liquor stores being closed. And since state law also says liquor stores can only be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, that would be 61 consecutive…