Drinking Game (reeldrinkinggames.com):
Themed Cocktails (branson.com):
Ellen’s Mistletoe Merlot Slushie:
Ingredients
- Merlot of Choice
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Cranberries
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2-3 sprigs of Pine
Directions
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar and honey. Once they start to dissolve together, add pine sprigs and let simmer for 5 minutes. Remove pine sprigs.
- In a separate bowl, combine ¼ c sugar and cranberries. Muddle together so that cranberries are broken down. Add in ½ cup of syrup and combine. Add in Merlot, and mix all together.
- Pour into Ice Trays, and freeze. Once frozen, dump ice cubes into blender and pulsate for 15-30 seconds, until slushie consistency is achieved. Pour into glass and serve with sprig of pine and sugared cranberry skewer as garnish.
The Crazy Cousin Eddie:
Ingredients
- ⅓ c Moonshine
- 1/2 c Grapefruit or Cranberry juice
- Ice
- Blue food coloring
- Brown sugar and Kosher Salt, combined
- Sugared cranberries
- Bendy straws (Crazy straws optional)
Directions
- Using cranberry juice, rim the edge of a low ball or Collins glass with brown salt.
- Add ice to glass, careful to keep rim salted.
- In a cocktail shaker, add moonshine, grapefruit juice, and cranberry juice. Shake and pour into glass.
- Garnish with a skewer of sugared cranberries and a bendy or crazy straw.
Aunt Bethany's Jell-O shots:
Instructions
- 1 package of jello, flavor of choice (we used cranberry)
- ½ cup vodka
- ½ cup cold water
- 1 cup water, boiling
- Ice cubes
- Chocolate Lucky charms, no marshmallows
Directions
- In a small bowl, add cold water and Vodka together, and place in fridge to get a consistent temperature.
- Bring water to boiling, and add to separate bowl with jello packet contents.
- Stir until gelatin is dissolved, and then add ice cubes to water/vodka mixture in the fridge, bringing total measure to about 1 ¼ cups. Stir until most ice is dissolved, and remove remaining pieces.
- Add a few pieces of the Lucky Charms to the bottom of mini disposable shot glasses, and pour the jello mixture on top.
- Place jello in fridge for a minimum of 30 minutes, for a soft-set, and 1 ½ hour for a firm set.
Drink every time:
- Someone says "Sparky", "Christmas", "Tree", "Family"
- A Christmas song is being played or sung aloud
- Clark endangers himself or family
- A family member messes up Clark's perfect holiday experience
- Clark unknowingly destroys something of Todd and Margo's
- A new set of family members make an appearance at the Griswold house
- Mary makes an appearance
- Someone calls for Russ
- The Christmas bonus or swimming pool is mentioned
- The Advent calendar is opened
- An animal messes with the tree
- Someone is wearing an ugly sweater or sports-themed clothing
Finish your drink:
- Clark takes down the power grid
- Pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America
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