Dreaming of a dry Chirstmas

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I can't drink for the next month because of new meds. Normally this would be non-issue but..
No mulled wine with the carols! No sherry with the pud. No champagne (well prosecco) on New Year's Eve.

Fruit juice is too sweet to have with meals, water's fine but not for a festive toast.

Any ideas for nice soft drinks for celebrations?

cant beat colla cola...

but you can get alcahol free wine/beer? or alcaholo free cocktails?

Bottlegreen do a spiced berry cordial to which you can add hot water for a non-alcoholic drink similar to mulled wine. Health shops do the Rochester cordials with something of the same, and Ikea do a non- alcoholic Glogg.

Shloer do fizzy grape juice, and Waitrose have a red grape juice in their chilled fruit juice section made from merlot grapes, which is a little sweet but could be diluted a bit with soda.

You could have sparkling water with squeezed juice added, lemon, lime, or clementine which would be a lot less sweet.

Lime and lemonade is quite refreshing or sparkling water.

Ginger ale is spicy
Tonic water and orange or grapefruit is bittersweet
Ribena with fizzy water

Elderflower cordial with sparkling water will be my drink this xmas (pregnant!)

Might also try to track down some non alco mulled wine

Shirley Temples are lovely, grenadine syrup topped up with ginger ale and a maraschino cherry bunged in.

becks blue is alcohol free and quite nice.

The mulling syrup from Lakeland is lovely with warmed apple juice and feels festive...

Heat up cloudy apple juice with some cinnamon in for an alternative to mulled wine.

thanks, they all actually sound really nice!

Heat up 1 litre each of cranberry & orange juice (the tarter the better) couple of cinnamon sticks & mulled wine spices to boiling point & then reduce heat & simmer for 20 mins.