Holiday Wassail Cool Yule Drink

Here is a tasty drink try it for your christmas party and holiday fun.

1 quart of hot brewed tea
1 cup of sugar
1 bottle (32 oz) of cranberry juice
1bottle (32 oz) of apple juice
3/4 cup of lemon juice
24 whole cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
1 orange, sliced

In a large nonreactive saucepan or Dutch oven over moderately high heat, combine the hot tea and sugar, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Add the juices,12 cloves, and the cinnamon sticks. Bring the mixture to a boil the 2 minutes.

Remove saucepan from the heat. Pour the punch into a heatproof punch bowl. Insert th rest of the cloves into the orange slices and float them on the punch as garnish. Serve the punch warm are cooled to room temperature. makes 12 to 16 servings.

found a little history on this wassail are our punch is (welsh,Anglo-celtic)
was used at halloween/ Samhain back in the day here
as a delicasy, now used at christmas time are yule this was made as a ritual which honored the apple tree in Autumn. I can say there are about a 100 recipes on this one some use cooking sherry 1 cup of it and irish whiskey 1 cup of it. Well i like the virgin punch myself no need to whipe your self out at christmas i want to see what everybody got under the tree there will drink responsibly out there and remember never drive with a couple of drink in you have a stright driver take you home peace out for know im going to sleep for now nice talking with you.