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The holiday season is a time of joy, celebration and gatherings. To add an extra dash of spirit to your festivities, consider experimenting with some cocktail recipes.

These five concoctions are perfect for stirring some more cheer and elegance into your celebrations:

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1. Moscow mules

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Ingredients:

  • Vodka
  • Fresh lemon juice
  • Ice
  • 1 can of ginger beer
  • Fresh mint
  • Lemon wedges

Directions:

  1. Fill two copper mugs with ice.
  2. Add vodka and lemon juice over the ice in each mug.
  3. Fill each cup almost to the top with ginger beer and stir.
  4. Garnish with mint and lemon wedges.

2. Cranberry mimosas

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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of cranberry juice
  • 1 bottle of champagne
  • 1 lemon (halved)
  • 1-2 tablespoons sugar
  • Fresh cranberries
  • Rosemary sprigs

Directions:

  1. Prepare your champagne flute by lining its rim with lemon and then dipping it in sugar.
  2. Pour 1/4 cup cranberry juice into the glass and top up with champagne.
  3. Create a decorative garnish by threading cranberries and a rosemary sprig onto a toothpick and placing it in the drink.

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3. Christmosas

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Ingredients:

  • 2 Granny Smith apples, chopped
  • 1 cup of cherries
  • 1 cup green grapes, halved
  • 1 cup of pomegranate seeds
  • 1 cup of sparkling grape juice
  • 1 bottle of champagne

Directions:

  1. Combine apples, cherries, grapes and pomegranate seeds in a large jug or punch bowl.
  2. Pour over sparkling grape juice and champagne.
  3. Stir well.

4. Champagne margaritas

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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup of lemon juice
  • Lemon wedges
  • 1/2 orange liqueur
  • 1 cup of silver tequila
  • 1 bottle of champagne
  • Salt

Directions:

  1. Mix all the ingredients in a large jug.
  2. Run a lemon wedge around the rim of each champagne glass, then dip them in salt.
  3. Pour the mixture into the glasses and garnish with a lemon wedge.

5. Christmas-themed cosmopolitans

Ingredients:

  • 1 lemon
  • 1-2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 cup of vodka
  • 1/4 cup triple sec
  • 1 cup of cranberry juice
  • A handful of cranberries

Directions:

  1. Line the rim of your glass with lemon and sugar.
  2. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice and lemon juice.
  3. Shake well and pour into glasses.
  4. Add cranberries as a garnish.

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