Top 5 Mocktails to Elevate Your Sober New York Christmas

Ahhhh Holiday drinking. It's where true memories are made. But what if you don't drink? No worries. Mocktails to the rescue.

Elevate your Christmas (or Hannukah or Kwanza or Festivus...) menu this year by making fun mocktails for the entire family to enjoy at the dinner table. If you make the drink cute enough and serve these ingredients in the fancy glasses you just bought from TJ Maxx, all the better. Everyone at your festivities will want what you're having. These five recommended mocktails give you and your loved ones another reason to be thankful this holiday season.

Try all or some or even just one of the scrumptious recipes for Thanksgiving inspired mocktails.

Candy Cane Martini Mocktail

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This mocktail contains all your fave things. Fancy glass, crushed candy, cream soda and peppermint?

Cotton Candy Christmas Mocktail

You had me at edible glitter, cotton candy and strawberries.

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Holiday Punch

Citrus and cinnamon and star anise, oh my!

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Gingerbread Martini Mocktail

Creamy and Gingery with a cookie crumble rim.

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Apple Cider Sangria

It's apple cider, but its also Sangria. Add some non-alcoholic wine and its party time.

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Mona Chohfe contributed to this article.

See The Capital Region's 5 Favorite Places To Cut Your Own Christmas Tree

The holiday season is here which means you will soon heading out in the family cruiser to pick out the most important decoration for your home; your Christmas tree! If you are looking for a new Capital Region destination to cut your own, here are the best of the best to go tree hunting with your family this year according to our listeners.

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The Mohawk Valley Is Home to Upstate New York's Best Christmas Store!

There are hundreds of stores, from craft shops to big box stores and to pop-up shops, that will feature Christmas items for sale this season. There is a small village in Montgomery County (population 2,000) that in our opinion has the best Christmas shop of them all.

Lee's Shops at Wagner Square is an amazing place in the Mohawk Valley. The store actually combines three large historic buildings on Main Street to connect into one exciting 8,500 square foot Christmas Mall. With more than 45,000 items on display it is no wonder that visitors come from around the Northeast to visit and shop for the holiday season here each year. Recently, several large motor coaches companies have put these Christmas shops on their "must see" shopping trips for their bus companies.

See what makes this place so magical in the post below.

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December New York Lottery Scratch Off Tickets With The Most Number One Jackpots Remaining

Here in New York, the time is now to start searching for some amazing jackpots. There are all sorts of different kinds of Scratch-Off tickets offered by the New York Lottery.

While looking at the latest weekly roundup for grand prizes, we counted 59 different tickets that have their grand prizes still on the market. The report was last updated on November 28th 2023, as we publish this article.

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