New Year's Sparkler

Ingredients:

1 oz. Skyy Infusions Passion Fruit Vodka
1 1/2 oz. Pomegranate Juice
3 1/2 oz. Champagne
6 Raspberries

Instructions:

Combine Skyy Infusions Raspberry and Cranberry juice in a chilled champagne flute and top with champagne.  Garnish with raspberry tree.*

*Slide 5-6 raspberries onto long skewer and place vertically in champagne glass.

"Infuse passion into the New Year with a flashy cocktail featuring SKYY Infusions Passion Fruit, fresh juice and raspberries. The New Year's Sparkler is an easy way to spice up your champagne flute this New Year's Eve."

CREDIT

Skyy Vodka

Iceberg Yuletide

Ingredients:

2 oz. Iceberg Vodka
1/2 oz. Cinnamon Syrup
1/2 oz. Lime Juice
Ginger Beer

Instructions:

Combine ingredients in an ice-filled glass and top with the ginger beer.
Garnish with a lime.

CREDIT:

Iceberg Vodka

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Goodbye December

John Mayall, Eric Clapton

Jingle Bell Rockarita

Forgot this Christmas cocktail.

Ingredients:

3 parts Hornitos Plata Tequila
2 parts De Kuyper Pucker Strawberry Passion Schnapps
1 part De Kuyper Triple Sec
6 parts Sweet and Sour mix

Instructions:

Shake with ice and pour into a margarita glass rimmed with sugar.

Credit
4Cocktails.com

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Honey Gingerbread

Ingredients

2 oz. Jack Daniels® Tennessee Honey
1 oz. Ginger Liqueur
1 oz. Gingerbread Syrup
2 oz. Limeade or juice of one large lime

Instructions

In a shaker with ice add all ingredients and shake well.
Strain into a highball glass over ice and garnish with a lime wedge.

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Hazy Shade of Winter

Simon & Garfunkel

The Bangles

Gaudette

Steeleye Span

Celtic Thunder

Erasure

Apple-Brandy Hot Toddy

Photo Source: Food & Wine

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups water
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons honey
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
2 cups Apple Brandy (preferably Calvados)
8 three-inch cinnamon sticks

Instructions:

In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil.
Remove from the heat and stir in the honey until dissolved.
Stir in the lemon juice and apple brandy.
Set a cinnamon stick in each of 8 mugs or heatproof glasses, pour in the hot liquid and serve.

Johnny Mathis

Oh Holy Night

Bing Crosby

Do You Hear What I Hear

Cuppa Good Cheer

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Skyy Infusions Cherry Vodka
1/2 oz. White Crème de Cacao
4 oz. Hot Chocolate
1  oz. Half and Half Cream
Whipped Cream

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients into a holiday mug and top with whipped cream, red sprinkles and a Maraschino Cherry.

Whether you anticipate a "White Christmas" or California "Endless Summer", we all snuggle up with loved ones and a cup of warm hot cocoa at least once during the holiday season.

Thick frothy and decadent, a Cuppa Good Cheer featuring SKYY Infusions Cherry is a mature version of a holiday favorite and certain to keep spirits bright.

CREDIT:  Skyy Vodka

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Loreena McKennitt

Good King Wenceslas

Peppermint IS

Drink Type:  Martini

Ingredients:

1  1/2 oz. IS Vodka
1 oz. Peppermint Schnapps
1 oz. Simple Syrup
1 oz. Cream

Instructions:

Fill shaker with ice and add IS Vodka, Peppermint Schnapps, simple syrup and cream...
Shake, Shake, Shake!  Rim a Cosmo glass with festive colored sugar and fill with crushed ice before pouring.
Garnish with a peppermint stick, lime wedge and enjoy!

Credit:  IS Vodka

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Blackmore's Night - Christmas Eve

Dreamy Winter Delight

Drink Type:  Hot

Ingredients:

2 oz. Brady's Irish Cream
1 splash Celtic Crossing Liqueur
Hot Chocolate

Instructions:

Pour straight into a warm mug and fill with hot chocolate.
Garnish with whipped cream.

CREDIT-
Castle Brands Inc.--

Lindsay Stirling

Carol of the Bells

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Mystic Chocolate

Ingredients:

1/4 parts Pernod Absinthe
1/3 parts Irish Cream
1/3 parts Crème de Cacao
2 dashes Butterscotch Schnapps

Instructions:

Add Absinthe first into a cordial size glass, then layer remaining ingredients beginning with Irish Cream.

Credit

Pernod Absinthe

Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Christmas Bop

Kahlua Snow Cap

Drink Type:  Hot

Ingredients:

1 oz. Kahlua Peppermint Mocha Liqueur
1 oz. Absolut Vanilla Vodka
1 oz. Hot Chocolate

Instructions:

Mix ingredients together and top with whipped cream.

CREDIT:

Kahlua

Jethro Tull

                                            Ring Out Solstice Bells

Winter Solstice

Ingredients

1 1/4 oz. Vanilla Vodka
3/4 oz. White Crème de Cacao Liqueur
3/4 oz. Monin Frosted Mint Syrup
1 scoop (s) vanilla ice cream
1 oz. half & half
Glass:  8 oz.
Garnish: Whipped Cream

Instructions:

Fill serving glass 1/2 full of ice.
Pour ingredients into blender cup in order listed.
Add ice from serving glass, cap and blend until smooth.
Pour back into serving glass, add garnish, straw and serve.


SOURCE:  monin.com/us/winter-solstice

The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

Elton John - Step Into Christmas

Grand French Coffee

Drink Type:  Hot Drink

Ingredients:

1 1/3 o. Grand Marnier
3 1/3 oz. Coffee
Whipped Cream

Instructions:

Combine Grand Marnier liqueur and coffee.
Top lightly with whipped cream.

This gourmet coffee combines Grand Marnier liqueur's round notes of  hazelnut and toffee with the intensity of coffee for added smoothness. The delicate flavor of orange gives this flavorful combination all of its uniqueness.

CREDIT:

Grand Marnier

Rockin Around the Christmas Tree

Brenda Lee

Sapphire Citrus

Ingredients:

1 1/2 parts Bombay Sapphire Gin
1 part Grapefruit Juice
1/2 part Orange Liqueur
1/2 Lemon Juice

Instructions:

Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini cocktail glass.

Credit --

Bombay Sapphire Gin

John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

CC and Coffee

Drink Type:  Hot Drinks

Ingredients:

1 1/2 part(s) Canadian Club 100 Proof Whiskey
1 part(s) Starbucks Coffee Liqueur
2 1/2 part(s) Coffee

Instructions:

Pour into a coffee mug and top with whip cream.
Garnish with chocolate shavings or powdered cinnamon.

barnonedrinks/drinks/c/cc-and-coffee

Charlie Brown

The Stinger

https://mixthatdrink.com/stinger/


Ingredients:

1 jigger Brandy
1/2 ounce White Crème de Menthe

Instructions:

Shake the ingredients in a shaker full of ice,
strain the mix into a cocktail or old fashioned glass, and serve.

mixthatdrink/stinger/

The Blues Magoos

We Ain't Got Nothin Yet

                                                                           Jingle Bells

Black Cherry Bourban Fizz

Ingredients:

Bubbles Bolivia Black Cherry
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
2 oz. Bourbon
Cherries for garnish
Ice

Directions:

Fill a glass with ice. Pour bourbon and vanilla extract over ice. Top with Bubbles Bolivia Black Cherry and garnish with a cherry.

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The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack

Pumpkin Spice Tequila Margarita

Drink Type:  Hot Drink

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup Sauza Blue Silver Tequila
1/2 cup Cream
2 tbsp. Syrup (Pumpkin Spice)
2 tbsp. Sugar
1 tbsp. Vanilla Extract
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice
1 1/2 cups Coffee



Instructions:

In a saucepan, combine cream, with pumpkin syrup, sugar, vanilla and spice.
Brew your coffee and divide it between two mugs.
To each mug add half of the Sauza Blue Tequila and the cream mixture and stir.
Top with whipped cream and cinnamon.

barnonedrinks/drinks/p/pumpkin-spice-tequila-margarita

Carly Simon - You Belong To Me

Apple Cider Mimosas

Ethan Calabrese

Ingredients:

1 bottle champagne
1 cup apple cider
2 tbs. sugar
1 tbsp. ground cinnamon

On a small plate, combine sugar and cinnamon.
Dip champagne flutes in water to wet the rims, then dip in cinnamon sugar mixture.
Fill champagne flutes 1/4 full with apple cider, then top off with champagne.

From Delish

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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Going to a Go-Go

Absolut Berri Acai Sour Drink

Credit: Absolut Vodka

Drink Type:  Cocktail

Ingredients:

2 part(s)  Absolut Berri Acai
3/4 part(s) Simple Syrup
1 part(s) Lemon Juice

Instructions:

Shake and strain into rocks glass filled with ice.
Garnish with blueberries.

barnonedrinks/drinks/a/absolut-berri-acai-sour

Cruzan Pilgrim Punch

Ingredients:

1/2 bottle Cruzan 9 Spiced Rum
1/2 bottle Cruzan Aged Dark Rum
1/2 can Cranberry Sauce
1/2 cup Sugar
2 bottles Sparkling Apple Cider
Apple Cider
Apple Slices

Mixing Instructions:

Combine rums, cranberry sauce and sugar in a bowl and stir until well combined.  Refrigerate for 1 hour.  When ready to serve, add sparkling apple cider, and drop apple slices to garnish. Serve over ice in punch glass, making sure to scoop out an apple slice with each drink.  Raise glass and toast.

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Cranberry Fizz Punch - Non Alcoholic

Cranberries are classic Thanksgiving fruits.  They pair well with turkey and will complement any Thanksgiving meal.  This recipe for Cranberry Fizz Punch is a nice drink to have with your meal, as it's both tasty and refreshing!  Happy Thanksgiving!!

Ingredients:

1 bottle of cranberry juice cocktail, chilled
1 bottle of lemon-lime soda, such as Sprite, chilled
1 lemon, sliced
1 lime, sliced

Directions:

Just before serving, mix the cranberry juice cocktail and soda in a large pitcher.
Add sliced lemon and lime.
Makes 6 drinks.

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Broadcast - Tears in the Typing Pool

                                               
                                                                    Tennis-

Sparkling Pear & Cranberry Cocktail

Photo Source: Martha Stewart

Makes eight cocktails.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons dry cranberries
1/2 cup organic pear nectar
32 ounces Moscato d'Asti wine
8 small sprigs fresh rosemary

Instructions:

Put cranberries in a small bowl; add 2 tablespoons warm water.  Soak until cool, about 15 minutes.  Drain, pat dry, and refrigerate until serving.  Divide pear nectar evenly among eight tall champagne glasses.  Add cranberries, and then gently pour the Moscato d'Asti into the glasses.  Garnish each with a Rosemary sprig.


We love California; lots of prayers!

The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction

                                     
                                           Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Yamazaki Autumn Delight

Celebrate the season with this whiskey and cider cocktail.

Ingredients:

2 oz. Yamazaki 12 year old Single Malt Whiskey
6 oz. Apple Cider
Ground Cinnamon

Garnish: 1 apple slice and cinnamon stick
Glass: Rocks

Add the whiskey and cider to a shaker filled with ice.
Shake, and strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice.
Dust with ground cinnamon and garnish with 2 apple slices and cinnamon stick.

liquor/recipes/yamazaki-autumn-delight/

The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane

There are more covers including Mott the Hoople and Bjork.

The Velvet Underground

Lone Justice

Cowboy Junkies

Apricot Cocktail

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Apricot Brandy
1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Orange Juice
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
No Garnish

Instructions:

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.

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Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

Another great song with lots of covers.  Original-

Lacuna Coil-

Carla Bruni-

Anberlin-

Szarlotka (Polish Apple Pie Cocktail)

Szarlotka is Polish for apple pie and that's exactly what this two ingredient highball tastes like.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Zubrawka Vodka, ZU Vodka or Chamomile infused vodka
Unfiltered Apple Juice

Instructions:

Pour vodka into highball glass over ice.  Add apple juice to taste.

saveure/Recipes/Szarlotka-Polish-Apple-Pie-Cocktail

Amy Winehouse

Written by Carol King

Island Sunrise

Ingredients:

3/4 oz. Margaritaville Calypso Coconut Tequila
3/4 oz. Margaritaville Last Mango Tequila
1 oz. Orange Juice
1 oz. Pineapple Juice

Directions:

Combine ingredients in a shaker.
Shake and pour into a margarita glass.

margaritaville.com/drink-recipes

Marvin Gaye - Ain't That Peculiar

                                                                         
                                                                             Fanny

Grasshopper

Ingredients:

3/4 oz. Green Crème de Menthe
3/4 oz. White Crème de Cacao
3/4 oz. Light Cream

Directions:

In a shaker glass with ice, pour in crème de menthe, white crème de cacao and light cream.
Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.


Grasshoppers are a sweet, mint-flavored, after-dinner drink. The name of the drink is derived from its green color, which is provided by the green crème de menthe. The drink reputedly originated at Tujague's, a landmark bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It gained popularity during the 1950s and 1960s throughout the American South as a perfect way to top off a heavy meal taking advantages of mint’s naturally stomach settling effects.

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Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)

Jeykll & Gin

Happy Halloween!

Ingredients

3 oz. Gin 

1 tsp. Grenadine

1 handful ice

Tonic Water

Directions

1.      Mix gin, lemon juice and grenadine in a cocktail shaker; pour into a large glass filled with ice.

2.      Top with tonic water. Garnish with a glow stick (optional).

delish/holiday-recipes/halloween/-drink-recipes

Photo:  Ethan Calabrese

Cinnamon and Spice

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Kahlua Cinnamon and Spice
3 oz. Sparkling Apple Cider
Small squeeze of lemon

Shake Kahlua and lemon juice and top with sparkling cider.
Garnish with a dash of nutmeg or cinnamon, and an apple slice.

https://www.punchbowl.com/p/5-fall-cocktail-recipes

Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

Movies for Halloween

The amount of fright movies is endless and are always being made.  Some are traditional horror, some suspense, or classified as thriller. 
Comedies are the best as we can all use some laughter and that includes silly and cheesy.

Classic-

Noseferatu (1922)

Freaks (1932)

Dracula (1931), (1992)

Frankenstein (1931)

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

The Old Dark House (1932)

The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

Dead of Night (1945)

The Seventh Victim (1945)

Cat People (1942) Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

The Phantom of the Opera (1962)

Psycho (1961)

The Birds (1963)

Forbidden Planet (1956) Sci-Fi

The Day the Earth Stood Still, original (1951) - Sci-Fi

Village of the Damned (1960)

House of Usher (1960) Drama, Horror
The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) Horror, Mystery
Mad Love (1935)
The Mummy's Curse (1944) Action, Fantasy, Horror
Bedlam (1946) Drama, Horror, Thriller

The Raven (1963) Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

House of Wax (1953)

Les Diaboliques (1955)

Eyes Without A Face (1960)

Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Drama, Horror, Mystery

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), (1978)

Cheesy-

The Thing from Another World (1951) Horror, Sci-Fi

Tarantula (1955) Sci-Fi

The Blob (1958) Horror, Sci-Fi

Them! (1954) Horror, Sci Fi

Earth vs. the Spider (1958)

The Killer Shrews (1959) Sci-Fi/Horror

The Brain Eaters (1958)

The Screaming Skull (1958)

Tormented (1960)

The Flesh Eaters (1964)

Invaders from Mars (1953) Horror, Sci Fi - A young boy learns space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.

The Brain that wouldn’t Die (1962) Horror, Sci Fi - 

A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriend’s head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body.

Die, Monster, Die! (1965)

Empire of the Ants (1977) Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi - A con artist tries to sell bogus real estate deals in an area overrun by giant ants.

I Walked with a Zombie (1943) Drama, Fantasy, Horror -

A Canadian nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island.

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) Horror, Sci-Fi -

When an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.

Don’t Open the Door! (1975)

Mixed bag-

The Man with the X-Ray Eyes Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

She-Wolf of London (1946) Crime, Horror, Mystery

Don’t go in the Woods (1981) Horror

A maniacal murderer kills tourists in the woods.

Gorgo (1961) Action, Drama, Horror  -

Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. Then its mother shows up.

The Black Cat (1941) Comedy, Horror Mystery

House of Horrors (1946) Horror, Thriller

The Mad Monster (1942)

I Bury the Living (1958) Horror

The Wasp Woman, Original (1959)

Dead Men Walk (1943) Drama, Horror, Mystery

Blood of Dracula (1957) - Under hypnosis, a young woman turns into a vampire.

Horror of Dracula (1958)

Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

Frankenstein must be destroyed (1969)

The Town that dreaded Sundown (1976)

The Last House in the Woods (2006) Horror, Thriller - 

An Italian gorefest about a young couple being held captive by a sadistic backwoods family.

Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Dawn of the Dead (1978) Horror, Thriller

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Horror

The Gian Gila Monster (1959)

Tower of London (1962)

The Raven (1963)
Black Sabbath (1963) (Horror)

Scream (1996)

I know what you did last summer (1997)

The Lost Boys (1987) Comedy, Horror

Scary Movie (2000) Comedy

Shaun of the Dead (2004) Comedy
Ghostbusters (1984) Comedy

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

Campy-

A Bucket of Blood, Original (1959) Comedy, Horror, Thriller

The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

House on Haunted Hill, Original (1959)

The Tingler (1959)

Abbott and Costello meet the Mummy (1955) Comedy

Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein (1948)

13 Ghosts, Original (1960)

Devil Doll (1964)

The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

He Knows You’re Alone (1980)

The Bride (1985)

Dark Shadows (2012)

Creepy-

Horror Hotel (1961) – Mystery/Horror - Alternate Title: City of the Dead

Carnival of Souls (1962)

Dementia 13 (1963)

The Haunting (1963)

Blood and Black Lace (1964)

Straight-Jacket (1964)

Repulsion (1965)

Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

The Last House on the Left (1972), (2009)

Sisters (1973)

Don’t Look Now (1973)

The Wicker Man (1973)

Black Christmas (1974)

Trilogy of Terror (1975)

The Fog (1980)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Candyman (1992)

Ringu (1998), The Ring (2002)

The Sixth Sense (1999)

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

Annabelle (2014)

Catchy titles

The Whip and the Body (1963)

The Horror of Party Beach (1964)

The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965) - Horror

Surfers are being brutally murdered.  Is the culprit a sea monster or just one of the teen’s jealous parents?

Monster a Go-Go (1965)

Monsters Crash the Pajama Party (1965)

The Haunted House of Horror (1969)

Scary

The Exorcist (1973)

Jaws (1975)

The Omen (1976)

Carrie (1976)

Halloween (1978)

Poltergeist (1982)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Horror

Salem’s Lot (1979)

When A Stranger Calls (1979), (2009)

The Shining (1980)

Child’s Play (1988)

Zodiac (2007) A true story

Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

Cranberry Crush

Ingredients:

2 oz. Cranberry Juice
2 oz. Spiced Rum (like Cruzan 9 Spice)
3 oz. Spicy Ginger Beer (like Blenheim's or Reed's)

Instructions:

In a rocks glass filled with ice, combine cranberry juice and rum.
Top with ginger beer.

saveur/recipes/cranberry-crush

Donovan - Season of the Witch

Spicy Pumpkin & Apple Cocktail

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Pumpkin Puree
1 1/2 oz. Vanilla Vodka
2 oz. Apple Cider
1  1/2 oz. Spicy Ginger Ale

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine the pumpkin puree, vodka and apple cider.
Shake for 15 seconds. Strain into a glass filled with ice and top with ginger ale.

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