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This Christmas Day Punch is a lovely fruity punch for the grown-ups, containing prosecco and a good dash of vodka
A great way to keep your guests’ drinks topped up – or let them refill themselves!
I’ve included some instructions below for a non-boozy version too.
“Our friends made this over the festive period and although you call it Christmas Day punch I’m going to be making it over the Bank Holiday in May, because it’s delicious and a great drink for a get together. Planning our menu already.”
Nicky’s Notes
We make this festive punch every Christmas (and often for pre-Christmas get-togethers and New Years Eve). It’s my favourite festive tipple!
- It’s fruity, refreshing and delicious
- It’s also an easy way to keep everyones’ drinks filled.
The last thing I want on Christmas day, when I’m rushing around the kitchen preparing dinner, is people under my feet, in and out of the fridge, getting drinks.
I love that this giant bowl will keep everyone going for ages!
📋 What do we need?
- Pomegranate juice – go for a good brand, rather than a diluted version. I use POM, but any 100% pomegranate juice will be fine.
- Cranberries – fresh or frozen – either is fine. We’re just adding them for a pop of Christmassy colour (they’re too bitter to eat). If you want to swap for an edible fruit, frozen raspberries are a good replacement (fresh ones tend to sink, but frozen ones float)
- Clementine juice – I like this Christmassy feel of this, but you can replace with pure orange juice if you can’t find clementine juice.
Abbreviated Instructions
Full recipe with detailed steps in the recipe card at the end of this post.
Add a large bag of ice to the punch bowl, then add cranberry, pomegranate and clementine juice. Add lime juice, sliced limes and clementines, cranberries and pomegranate seeds. Finally stir in prosecco and vodka. Top with mint leaves and serve.
Recipe Tips
- Make sure your punch bowl is large enough! My punch bowl is 6.6 litres (7 quart). Unfortunately my one is no longer sold, but this plastic one is a good price and is big enough – punch bowl (<-aff link)
- If you’re making the punch ahead, don’t put the ice, prosecco, vodka or mint leaves in. Make the rest of the punch a few hours ahead, then add the ice, prosecco and vodka. Stir together and top with the mint leaves.
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I really hope you guys get the chance to relax and enjoy the holidays too. A glass of this punch in one hand, a sausage roll in the other, a floor full of lego pieces and a small child shooting nerf gun darts at you repeatedly (hey they’ve got to have fun too!). It’s what Christmas is all about.
Happy holidays xxx
📺 Watch how to make it
Christmas Punch Recipe
Equipment
- Punch Bowl This plastic one is 1.7 gallon/6.5 litres (the glass one I have is no longer available)
Ingredients
- ice (1 large bag)
- 2 litres (3 1/2 pints or approx 8 1/2 cups) cranberry juice
- 700 ml (3 cups) pomegranate juice I used Pom juice for a stronger flavour
- 500 ml (2 cups) clementine juice use orange juice if you can’t find clementine juice
- juice of 2 limes
- 3 limes sliced
- 3 clementines sliced
- 100 g (1 cup) fresh or frozen cranberries
- seeds from 1 pomegranate
- 1 bottle of prosecco (75 cl or 3.1 cups)
- 300 ml (1 1/4 cups) vodka
- small bunch of mint leaves
Instructions
- Add a bag of ice to the punch bowl (See Note 1 if making ahead).ice
- Pour in the cranberry juice, pomegranate juice, and clementine juice .2 litres (3 1/2 pints or approx 8 1/2 cups) cranberry juice, 700 ml (3 cups) pomegranate juice, 500 ml (2 cups) clementine juice
- Add the juice of 2 limes and stir.juice of 2 limes
- Add the lime slices, clementine slices, cranberries, and pomegranate seeds.3 limes, 3 clementines, 100 g (1 cup) fresh or frozen cranberries, seeds from 1 pomegranate
- Pour in the prosecco and vodka. Stir and sprinkle on fresh mint leaves.1 bottle of prosecco, 300 ml (1 1/4 cups) vodka, small bunch of mint leaves
Video
Notes
Make the rest of the punch a few hours ahead, then add the ice, prosecco and vodka. Stir together and top with the mint leaves. Note 2: Alcohol-free version Don’t add the prosecco and vodka, instead add an extra 300ml (1 1/4 cups) clementine or orange juice, plus 750ml (or about 3.1 cups) or sparkling red or white grape juice. I like to use Schloer, but you can use your favourite. Note 3: Scaling down the recipe This recipe makes around 18 cups of punch. You can scale down the recipe by half or three quarter sticking to the same ratios. Nutrition info is for one serving of this recipe (approx 240ml or 1 cup).
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This recipe was first published in December 2016. Updated in later with new photos, tips, recipe video and for housekeeping reasons.
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One of my all time favorite drink recipes! Any chance you’ve tried to make this as a single glass and have the measurements to do it? Thanks!
What a beautiful recipe. I’ve got it all made and waiting for guests.
Made your Xmas punch yesterday it was a huge hit. Everyone loved it there was not a drop left. Thanks again for another great recipe.
PS have your salad book as gifts to our foodie friends
Tom and Cindy
I was looking for such of recepie,I found this in good time.
Thank you very much!
Our friends made this over the festive period and although you call it Christmas Day punch I’m going to be making it over the Bank Holiday in May, because it’s delicious and a great drink for a get together. Planning our menu already.
I came across your blog on Pinterest via this lovely punch picture, this looks so Christmassy and delicious. Can’t wait to try it! Thank you.
Thanks Julie, hope you enjoy it 🙂