Mabel’s Ohh-So-Good Christmas Punch

A recipe similar to many in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Here’s a version that substitutes Jell-o and fruit punch for the cranberry juice from the November 23, 1977 edition of the Logansport (Indiana) Pharos Tribune:

Punch 1 large can Hawaiian fruit punch 1 large can orange drink 1 pk. large strawberry Jell-o 1 cup sugar 1 can frozen pink lemonade Add: 1 bottle ginger ale (before serving) 1 qt. vodka

And here’s a version with white rum from the December 16, 1982 edition of the Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune:

Cranberry punch 2 bottles cranberry juice cocktail 2 bottles ginger ale 1-1/4 cups white rum 1 small can pink lemonade Combine ingredients and serve chilled.

From the box of F.J. from Sun City, Arizona. Some cards suggest a family history in Missouri and Kansas.

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