Spiced Cider

1/2 gallon apple cider
2 C. orange juice
3 - 3" cinnamon sticks
10 whole cloves
zest of 1 orange
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground allspice

Bring all ingredients to a boil, boil 15 minutes. Strain through fine mest into a thermos or back into pan. Serve hot.

Lemon-Limeade

1/4 C. water
1/4 C. sugar
zest from 1 lemon
zest from 1 lime
juice of 3 lemons
juice of 3 limes
5 C. cold water

In a small saucepan bring water to boil; add sugar and stirl until dissolved. Remove from heat. Add zest (don't get the bitter white part) and the juice to the sugar water. To make a pitcherful, stir mixture into 5 C. cold water and add ice.

Wassail - Jana Harris

1 gallon apple juice (or cider)
2 oranges
2 lemons
1 lime
1 Tbsp. cloves
1 Tbsp. allspice
2 cinnamon sticks
1 quart water
1 C. sugar

Heat water to boiling in large pan. Cut oranges, lemons and lime in half and squeeze juice into a separate bowl to save. Throw skins and pulp into boiling water. Add spices and simmer 1 hour. Remove peels and pulp. Add apple juice and return to hea. Bring to boil. Add citrus juice and sugar. Simmer very lightly 10 minutes, then serve.

Christmas Egg Nog - Charlene

Fill blender with ice, and 16oz. can frozen orange juice. Fill with egg nog - grind. Empty out and fill blender with ice again and the rest of the egg nog and grind.

Put in punch bowl.

Add 1 2-liter 7-up and 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream.

We have this every year...and it's really the only way I enjoy egg nog.

Hot Punch

1 C. frozen orange juice
1 C. frozen lemonade
2 C. sugar
1 tsp. almond extract
1 tsp. vanilla
Add enough water to make one gallon

Heat and serve.