Blurtmusic for the Holidays: National Repeal Day

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If you like to consume large quantities of alcohol then this is the day for you ....

National Repeal Day.

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Yes, today is National Repeal Day ! The end of Prohibition.

We can all drink again. Woo hoo....

Happy Days are Here again ...

Source: Youtube

Back in 1933, following the signature of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United States ended its 13-year experiment with the increasingly unpopular nationwide prohibition of alcohol, meaning yay, it’s National Repeal Day on December 5!

If you enjoy alcohol, then this is a great opportunity to celebrate your legal freedom to consume it. While popular opinion tends to suggest that prohibition failed, it did succeed in cutting overall alcohol consumption in half during the 1920s (although that also meant tax revenues from alcohol were zeroed out). Giving a dangerous, flapper-style edge to the consumption of alcohol in illegal speakeasies also may have contributed to a whole cult around alcohol consumption, further glamorizing it. And if there’s one thing we really like when we’re consuming alcohol, it’s an element of glamor! So if you own any flapper-style costumes, this is the time to pull it out…

More: https://nationaltoday.com/national-repeal-day/

Drink up !

It’s Repeal Day in the USA

Drink Drink Drink ....

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