Equal parts white table wine and Central Market Italian Blood Orange soda, well chilled. Add frozen mixed berries.

Winter Sangria

Pear and pomegranate sangria link above. The recipe calls for red wine, but you can modify it to use a sparkling white.

It's called Hurricane Party Punch and it's very good! I have made my version of this for years. Learned it from a bartender in Louisiana when I was in college. I change it up a little but this one is good.

https://breadboozebacon.com/hurricane-party-punch-recipe/

College is right, that was the last time I drank alcoholic punch. No better way to get out of control drunk quickly. And then sick. Because there's no way to know how much alcohol you're drinking and it can be so sweet, you drink it like juice.

Maybe in college you drink it like juice, but generally adults have more control and sense and have a glass or two of punch at a party.

Amen Olychick! I might have a glass of champagne for New Years these days but that's not a given! I had a 2 drink limit even in my college days. Some of us did have self control and intelligence.

Fun2BHere, did you forget to add the link for Winter Sangria?

Nice try to serve up an invective but no, it doesn't work here.

The college years for many people are when they make the passage from kid-hood to adulthood. At the start, they're kids with access to adult things and self-control and judgment are rarely part of the formula. We all learned by doing and experimenting. Years later, most people can think back to events and incidents with the thoughts "Why did I (or we) do that, I'd (we'd) never do that today". If you missed that part of the maturation process, that's too bad. I didn't and had a lot of fun.

Maybe all those dumb things most of us did are done for a reason, making mistakes is the best way to learn and hopefully most college era dumb stuff and mistakes don't have long term consequences. I'd never drink alcoholic punch today, I'd bet it would trigger a taste aversion reaction. Look up the phrase if you don't know it. To each, his/her own.

Elmer, don't worry about it. You're not invited.

Sheesh, I sure did lots of "experimenting" in college. I don't know if that's why I dislike sweet, fruity drinks, though.

Fun2b, that winter sangria sounds very nice! I think that I'll have to give it a test run to see if it's a contender for my upcoming holiday party.

Thanks for the mansplaining about college years!

oly, I'm not sure why your comments often suggest an underlying negative gender attitude bias but they do.

Should I have described the post I was replying to as womansplaining? Would you? Is there a difference? Does it matter that much to you or anyone else? I don't think it should.

TJKeen, I don't know why that link didn't work. I've edited the post to create a new link. You will have to scroll down a ways on the resulting site to get to the pear and pomegranate sangria recipe.

It's so extremely laughable that you would have the slightest idea of anything about me or my life or my college years. Believe me you know NOTHING. You actually don't know everything. So absolutely absurd. Great laugh.

Even on a recipe thread lol.

Fun2BHere, that looks like an interesting site.Thank you for the link and recipe.

Ditto.

Christmas Punch

1/2 C. white sugar

2 C. orange juice

2/3 C. lemon juice

1 4-oz. jar marachino cherries w/juice

1 fl. oz. triple sec liquor

1 750-ml light rum

1 46-oz can pineapple juice

1 orange, sliced into rounds

1 lemon, sliced into rounds

1 - 1 1/2 L. Sprite

Combine sugar, OJ and lemon juice. Stir til sugar is dissolved.

Add cherries w/juice, triple sec, light rum and pineapple juice, mix.

Add orange and lemon slices --- refrigerate 1-2 hrs.

Add Sprite and ice just before serving.

Also, look up Whiskey Slush recipes. I don't even like whiskey, but I made this for a party one time. Made the whiskey slush for the girls, got a keg of beer for the guys. Everyone drank the whiskey slush!

I agree that punch with alcohol is deadly. The same is true of "loaded" egg nog, but too much egg nog will make one full very quickly, and the punch just keep sliding down.

My favorite NON-alcoholic punch is one that was made by the organist at the Episcopal church in Edgartown, many years ago. Everyone went to her house (her husband was a doctor) after the early Christmas Eve service, and she served what she called Whale Ale. I liked it very much and wrote her for the recipe. Here it is.

1 quart boiling water

2 teaspoons Constant Comment Tea

1 tablespoon Tang

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 cup sugar

1 pint Cranberry Juice Cocktail

Serve warm.

Makes 12 - 4 oz servings

At Thanksgiving and Christmas, if the weather is cool, I like to make mulled cider. Into a large pot, pour 1/2 gallon of apple cider (which has a more pronounced flavor than apple juice, so that is why I prefer cider). Add 4 sticks of cinnamon bark and a thoroughly washed orange that is studded with at least 18 whole cloves. Simmer on low heat, do not boil, about an hour. Taste it to see if you can taste the spices; if so, it is ready to serve. If it has not picked up the spice flavors, give it another half hour. You can serve this in mugs as is, or pour a tablespoon or two of brandy or rum into the cup before pouring in the mulled cider. It really makes the house smell like a special holiday for sure. The weatherman is predicting 88 degrees for our Thanksgiving this year, so I will save the cider for Christmas when it ought to be cooler. PS After another hour, if the cider is still on the simmer, remove the cinnamon, cloves and orange to prevent them from turning the cider bitter.

Oh wow Sheila, I didn't realize it would be that warm. I've been enjoying the cool temps. I'm actually making an apple cider sangria. I haven't tried it yet but hopefully it turns out well.

https://smittenkitchen.com/2015/11/apple-cider-sangria/