The Best Cocktails for Any Festive Holiday Event

Late autumn and early winter are packed with festive events to keep your social calendar full and fun. Check out our favorite seasonal serves for all your activities, from the big celebrations like Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve to the smaller get-togethers, like hay rides, holiday brunches, vision boarding parties and more.

Hay Rides, Pumpkin Patches and Other Fall Festivals

Fall is all about seasonal flavor, and we’ve got no shortage of spiced drink recipes. Notes of apple, cinnamon, pumpkin spice and more will really get you in the spirit of the season. Browse all of our favorite fall flavors, from the Spiced Apple Martini Cocktail to the Harvest Punch.

And if your activities take you outdoors into the brisk air, you may want to take a hot drink along with you, like our Warm Apple Cider.

Friendsgiving and Thanksgiving

November is a time for gathering with friends and family and remembering all the things we have to be grateful for. It’s also a time for amazing food and drink. When you’ve got a fall dinner party coming up, bring something special everyone will thank you for. Check out the best cocktails to bring to Friendsgiving and Thanksgiving.

Holiday Brunches

Brunch is great any time of year, but there’s something even more special about it during the holiday season. Enjoy gathering your friends and family around the kitchen table while sipping the fizzy Cranberry Sparkler.
The classic brunch drink Bloody Mary even already comes in the holiday colors of red and green. Build your own Bloody Mary bar for a delicious activity to do together.

Holiday Dinner Parties

Everyone loves a good holiday party — and the hosts who throw one. Make yours a huge success with all our tips about how to throw a holiday dinner party. Maybe start your evening with a little amuse-bouche-like drink: the Short Martini Cocktail. As the night progresses, you may want to bring out a special festive cocktail, like the Sleigh Driver. Of course you’ll want to keep the occasion, such as Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, in mind and tailor your serves to your event. You can take any martini cocktail or other favorite drink of yours and customize it to be more festive.

Going Caroling

If you’re taking the festivities outside, you may want to have something on hand to help keep the winter chill away. Hot holiday drinks help get you in the spirit and could even help keep those vocal chords warm. Try one or our favorites similar to a hot toddy, the Winter Scarves.

Tree Trimming and Gift Wrapping

If you’re all cozy inside, gathered around the tree, you’ll probably want a festive cocktail to match. Keep the tree decorating or gift wrapping party going with any of our favorite holiday cocktails. If you want to free up your hands more for decorating and wrapping, try making a holiday punch bowl for the group ahead of time.

New Year’s Eve

It’s time to say goodbye to the old year and welcome a new one. So when you raise a glass at midnight, you’ll probably want to make sure it’s something special. Here are our top vodka cocktails for New Year’s Eve.

Vision Boarding

Many people like to start the new year off by setting resolutions or goals. Recently, vision boards have become a popular way to do that. If you’re gathering your friends to make them, you may want some cocktails that fit the occasion. Great cocktails for the new year are those that are light-tasting, low ABV and something you haven’t tried before. Why not shake things up in the new year?

No matter what you have in store this holiday season, there’s a cocktail perfectly suited for the occasion. And whatever you’re celebrating, please do so responsibly. Enjoy the most wonderful time of the year, and happy holidays.