Five Christmas Cocktails Every Guy Should Know How To Make

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Christmas is a time for the exchanging of gifts. Gift yourself the gift of non-sobriety with these five easy cocktails. Your family will be impressed, and you won't feel anything.

Santa Shot

1 part grenadine syrup
1 part green Crème de menthe
1 part peppermint schnapps

Fill a shot glass 1/3 of the way full with grenadine, then carefully layer the creme de menthe and schnapps. Snap it back. Get loose.

Candy Cane Martini

2 parts vanilla vodka
1 part of peppermint schnapps
1 part club soda

If you're feeling real Martha Stewart, consider splashing some water around the edge of the glass you're using and then pressing the rim into crushed candy canes.

The Poinsettia

3 parts chilled champagne
1 part of triple sec
2 parts chilled cranberry juice

Pour all liquids into whatever you have handy and gulp.

Hot Buttered Rum

1 small slice soft butter
1 tsp brown sugar
ground cinnamon or ground nutmeg (your preference)
vanilla extract
2 oz dark rum
top off with hot water

It's not mulled wine, so you won't look like an asshole drinking one. 

Eggnog

5 egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup heavy cream
2 cups whole milk
1 1/4 cups bourbon
1/4 cup spiced rum
Pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp nutmeg plus more for garnish

Whisk yolks with sugar until creamy and sugar begins to dissolve. Add cream, milk, bourbon and rum and stir to combine. Stir in nutmeg and vanilla and chill well. Serve chilled on the rocks with a sprinkle of nutmeg if desired. Or get to a grocery store and buy a carton of pre-made eggnog. Then go to a liquor store. Buy Jim Beam. Go in.