Christmas Cocktails

Create new holiday traditions with this cozy and cheerful collection of 50 cocktails perfect for any celebration.

Christmas Cocktails is your helpful guide to holiday cocktail-making and keeping spirits bright. In addition to the 50 delicious cocktail recipes, you’ll find lots of tips on making the most of these drinks, like how to gift your cocktails, ways to level up your cocktail glass decorating, a guide to setting up your holiday cocktail-making spread, a quick primer on pairing cookies with your cocktails, and more. Each of the cocktails in these pages uses beloved seasonal ingredients and flavors, like:

• Spicy cranberry syrup swirled into Christmas Palomas
• Wintery fresh and delightfully minty rims on Peppermint Snowball
• Apple cider-infused glasses of Stocking Stuffer Punch
• A fragrant cinnamon notes in the lower-ABV The Nice List (or The Naughty List, depending on how boozy you like your beverage)

All of these are simple and flavorful recipes that any level of cocktail-maker can whip up in a flash, whenever you're craving some holiday spirit, no matter the time of year. The perfect companion for the holiday season, Christmas Cocktails invites you to create some Christmas magic through cocktails!

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