Our Christmas punch recipe is a family favorite in my home. It does contain alcohol, but not a lot. It’s exactly what you think of when you think of “Christmas punch”. Because this recipe came from my mom just makes it even better.
Before my mom passed away, she took all her most-used recipes and designed two sets of recipe cards — one for me and one for my brother. This time of year I find myself using so many of our family recipes. It’s such a Southern thing — seeking comfort in food, seeking nostalgia in food.
It was originally going to put this in with the “recipes” category, but then I got to thinking and remembering all the years we have had Mom’s Christmas punch, all the get-togethers and family Christmases we have toasted with this punch. Since this recipe gives me all the feels, I put it under “soulful stuff”, because here lately I am feeling super nostalgic and thinking of Christmases of years gone by.
Here is Mom’s recipe for the Christmas punch she made every year. The recipe card says “Grandma’s Christmas Punch”, but I have no idea whose grandma came up with this recipe. Could be my mom’s grandma. Could be a friend of my grandma. I guess we’ll never know and I kind of like that. I did look it up and Big Red pop has been around since 1937, so that gives us about 100 years to come up with this festive holiday recipe.
Now that my parents are gone, it’s now my brother’s job to make the punch (which he does without fail because he’s the best brother ever).
I hope this recipe helps create as many fond memories as it has for my family. Happy holidays!
