Mistletoe Punch

This recipe from Alex Bookless of The Passenger in Washington, DC makes a festive party-sized punch for holiday entertaining.

Poinsettia Cocktail

This recipe is for "the world's fanciest cranberry juice cocktail." Matthew Ficke of the Columbia Room in Washington, D.C. serves this fruity, effervescent drink during the holiday season and now, so can you.

Cranberry in a Can (Batched Rye-Cranberry Shrub Cocktail)

This warming and festive single-spirit drink recipe is perfect for wintertime entertaining: Make the easy cinnamon-spiced cranberry mixer far ahead of the last-minute chaos, add booze, and offer the drink in a pitcher for guests to serve themselves.

Canadian Clubhouse Punch

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9 Ladies Dancing Punch

This holiday season, bring Scotch to the punch-bowl party with these nine star ingredients!

John McCarthy's Scotch Regency Punch

Cardamom meets lemon, Black Grouse, and soda for what's a essentially a scotch Tom Collins against a cardamom backdrop.

Celebration Fruit Punch

This Celebration Fruit Punch is sparkling, colourful and refreshing rather than overly sweet. Perfect cocktail for Christmas, New Years Eve and parties!

Chatham Artillery Punch

To finish off this roundup of recipes from Dave Wondrich's Punch, I have selected a monster. The big dog. The epic, party-starting, punch-to-end-all-punches: Chatham Artillery Punch.

Tangy Cranberry–Black Pepper Shrub Cocktail

Back in colonial days, a shrub syrup was the best way of preserving fruit without refrigeration. This autumnal cocktail gets its sweet-tart flavor from a shrub made with cranberries and spiced with black pepper. Its tangy flavor counterbalances a meal's richer flavors, and the shrub is great for parties, since it can be prepped in advance. For guests who aren't drinking booze, mix the shrub with chilled sparkling water instead of wine.

Apple Fennel Punch

Rye adds a distinct kick to the other soothing flavors like apple, ginger, and fennel in this winter punch from Fino in Austin, Texas. Bergamot tea is the clean, earthy base that ties the flavors together.