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Cocktails To Keep You Warm All Winter

Sip on these for a warm buzz through the winter months

Estie Pyper

Feb 02, 2016

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We've entered the boring part of winter: Christmas is over, school is back in session, snow is no longer an exciting phenomenon but a cold nuisance, and we dread that we have AT LEAST two more months of grey skies ahead of us. But there is a bright side to everything. The cold air is a great excuse to craft delicious cocktails that will keep you warm and cheery. Here are some favorites:

Adult Peppermint Hot Chocolate

Ingredients: 1 packet hot chocolate prepared, peppermint schnapps to taste, whipped cream optional

Directions: Combine and consume.

Enter into a wintery world of chocolate comfort with a hint of The Christmas Spirit. A classic combination to warm up your day.

Mulled Wine

Ingredients: (serves 4-5), 1 bottle red wine, 1/4 cup brandy, one orange sliced, 1/4 cup honey or sugar, 8 whole cloves, two cinnamon sticks, two-star anise

Directions: Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and bring it to a simmer (not boil!) over medium-high heat. Reduce to medium-low and let simmer for at least 15 minutes and up to three hours. Strain and serve warm!

A very popular pub drink in Europe, this amazing combination of spices and citrus warms your soul and mind on a wintery day. For best taste, sip in your local pub near a fireplace.

Irish Coffee

Ingredients: Any kind of coffee, Baileys to taste

Directions: Combine and consume.

A classic morning pick-me-up, or afternoon, or evening! Also, can be consumed without coffee for an after dinner treat.

Spiked Hot Cider

Ingredients: Sparkling cider, cinnamon sticks, spiced rum to taste

Directions: Heat cider over stove top at medium heat, add cinnamon sticks (can also add orange peel for a citrus-y flavor) simmer about 20 minutes, remove from heat and add rum, strain and serve!

I am a big fan of cider. Although traditionally an autumn time drink, warm cider with the hint of cinnamon and the spices from the rum makes a perfect warm winter drink.

Champagne Cocktail

Ingredients: 4 oz sparkling wine, 1 sugar cube, Angostura bitters

Directions: Pour champagne into a champagne flute, soak the sugar cube in Angostura biters and drop into champagne. Garnish with a lemon rind.

A perfect, elegant drink for winter get togethers. Perfect for award show season.

Try these out to make the rest of this long winter more bearable, or create your own concoction!

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Cocktails To Keep You Warm All Winter

Sip on these for a warm buzz through the winter months

Adult Peppermint Hot Chocolate

Mulled Wine

Irish Coffee

Spiked Hot Cider

Champagne Cocktail

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I'm technically an adult, so I'm legally required to live a little, right?

1. Watch an R-rated Scary Movie in a Movie Theater

2. Buy a Lottery Ticket

3. Vote in an Election

4. Participate in a Run (or a Walk, Realistically) for Charity

5. Go on a Road Trip

6. Start a Savings Account

7. Get a Credit Card

8. Sign up for Spotify Premium

9. Go to a Club

10. Start a Meditation Routine

11. Go to a Yoga Class

12. Treat Myself to a Dinner for One

13. Volunteer for a Charity

14. Participate in a Research Study

15. Bake Something (That Ends Up Being Edible)

16. Go Skydiving

17. Be Called for Jury Duty

18. Figure Out What I Want to Do With my Life

The holiday classics that shaped my life

1."But what would happen if we all tried to be like Santa and learned to give as only he can give: of ourselves, our talents, our love and our hearts? Maybe we could all learn Santa's beautiful lesson and maybe there would finally be peace on Earth and good will toward men."

"Sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see."

"If you won't use your heart, who cares if it gets broken? If you just keep it to yourself, maybe it'll be like my rollerblades. When you do decide to try it, it won't be any good. You should take a chance. Got nothing to lose."

"Remember, no man is a failure who has friends."

"Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it."

"If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find a that love actually is all around."

"Sometimes things look good on paper, but lose their luster when you see how it affects real folks. I guess a healthy bottom line doesn't mean much if to get it, you have to hurt the ones you depend on."

"'Maybe Christmas,' he thought, 'doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.'"

"Faith is believing when common sense tells you not to."

"There's room for everyone on the nice list."

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1. Why are towels considered dirty when you get out of the shower clean?

2. Who closes the bus door once the bus driver gets off?

3. Why is there a "d" in "fridge" but not in "refrigerator"?

4. If you drop soap on the floor is the floor clean or the soap dirty?

5. Is the "S" or the "C" silent in the word "scent"?

6. Does expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?

7. Would Lightning McQueen buy car insurance or life insurance?

8. Who put the alphabet in alphabetical order?

9. What color are mirrors?

10. If 2 mind readers read each other's minds whose mind are they really reading?

11. Is there a synonym for "synonym"?

12. If your shirt isn't tucked into your pants, are your pants tucked into your shirt?

13. Why is it called "quick sand" if you sink slowly in it?

14. If I try to fail, but succeed, which one did I do?

15. If Cinderella's shoe fit perfectly, why did it fall off?

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