In an ideal world, we could all get through a family gathering without wanting to cause at least a little non-fatal physical harm to one or more members of our clans.If your family holidays look like an actual Norman Rockwell painting, then good for you. (But also, might you be from a place called Stepford?) For the rest of us, sometimes the trick to keeping the very long meal entertaining—with a couple dozen of our not-even-that-close family members—is to have a stiff drink in hand. On the flip side of that, though, we’d also like to make sure that Drunk Uncle Ned doesn’t decide to bring up his political musings, so we don’t want the drinks to be too stiff.
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Finding the right beverages to serve on Thanksgiving, or any big upcoming family holiday, is like threading a fine needle, and we’ve assembled a few of our favorite autumn-appropriate cocktails and punches that are perfect for the job. (But it’s up to you and your cousins to make sure no one gets so wasted, and does something so stupid, that it gets them written out of your grandmother’s will. Drink responsibly!)With a bottle of whiskey and a jug of cider, you can pour this easy punch two-handed into a bowl, immediately cross "beverages" off your Thanksgiving day prep list, and save the stress for just about everything else.You can serve this simple vermouth and cider cocktail two ways: with the ingredients out for guests to make their own, or scaled up in a punch bowl for ease of serving. Either way, its relatively low alcohol content make it perfect for the marathon that is Thanksgiving day.It’s hard to get too tipsy on this spicy cider cocktail, as the majority of the alcohol content comes from chile liqueur, and if you make it too strong, those notes will overwhelm all the other good stuff, like apple cider, bitters, and fresh citrus. But make sure the ratio is on point, and it's perfect.Save the Tom and Jerry cocktail, the warm version of eggnog, for after dinner, as its spicy-sweet flavor, two types of rum, and Cognac can lull you right to sleep.
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