Christmas Punch

Drinks for one, and you have a nice evening to yourself. Drinks for two or three, and it’s happy hour. A WHOLE BOWL of sparkling Christmas Punch? We have ourselves a party!

Ingredients:

• 1 large bag of ice
• 5 cups 100% cranberry juice* 40 ounces, NOT cranberry juice cocktail
• 2 bottles very dry sparkling wine (750 ml bottles) , such as champagne, cava, or Prosecco (I used a brut Prosecco)
• 2 cups apple cider
• 1 1/2 cups diet ginger ale (12 ounces) (from 1 can or poured from a liter bottle)
• 1 1/2 cups dark rum or brandy (12 ounces)
• 2 oranges thinly sliced into rounds
• 1 cup fresh cranberries