Non-alcoholic festive cocktails

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Our adult DC have decided we'll have pre dinner cocktails on Christmas Day as a change from the usual fizz or mulled wine. I like to refrain from drinking alcohol until the dinner is under control then make up for it

Usually I'll have a Buck's Fizz or two but I'd appreciate some suggestions for really lovely non-alcoholic cocktails with a bit of a festive twist (I got as far as cranberry juice and nosecco). Would work well for other pre-Christmas events when we might have drivers in the group.

I know I can Google but I'm looking for drinks people have really enjoyed.

Thanks

I like fresh apple juice elderflower cordial and mint leaves over lots of ice.

Cranberry Spritz - cranberry juice / syrup, lemonade and fresh berries (juniper etc) - or swap lemonade for ginger ale, it's lovely

Mulled Apple Juice - mulling spices with apple juice (self explanatory really ha)

Mulled Tea - if you don't like the sweetness of apple juice, you can do it with tea - either hot or iced, this is my fave day to day

Berry Fizz - freeze berries into ice cubes, add to lemonade / Prosecco (with fresh berries if you'd like!) then a tiny bit of syrup like grenadine / blackberry syrup etc, it's like a posh Shirley Temple.

Whenever I'm doing a mocktail (I drink them all the time, not a big alcohol person!) I always try to make it fancy, so it's got garnishes / sugar rims / syrups / fruits etc in. That's half the fun!

spiced apple juice with roasted cox apple slices

When I popped into Aldi the other day I picked up alcohol free mulled wine and noticed they're doing non alcoholic gins too for £8.99! Their own version of 'nosecco' is also good!

My favourites if you want to buy AF spirits are Botivo and tonic and for Christmas specifically, I like Sentia Red and tonic (could add some cranberry juice).

If you don’t want to go whole hog buying things like that, I’d go for a ginger kombucha (Remedy, you can find them in any big supermarket) with garnishes, maybe with a splash of cranberry or similar.

not strictly speaking a cocktail, but the Fevertree blood orange soda is delicious. You could add a splash of 0% gin if you felt so inclined, or just do some slightly festive ice cubes or similar?

Thank you all.

@QueenOfWeeds the blood orange soda sounds lovely. Non cocktail suggestions like that also very welcome.

In the summer I like pineapple with ginger ale with a sprig of mint. My go to 'don't drink alcohol til the BBQ food is ready' cocktail.