We wait all year for the holidays and then just before we think Thanksgiving is within reach, all of a sudden, the holiday season jumps on us, and then before we know it, it disappears with all the discarded wrapping paper of Christmas morning.
One thing that stays after the wrapping paper and bows are long gone is tradition. It’s been a tradition within my family for as long as I can remember to have Mimosas on holidays, birthdays, celebrations, anniversaries, Sundays, any day ending with ‘y’ really (just kidding of course, kinda). But my mother seems to have a very elite taste in Champagne. Perrier Jouet always is the other half to our holiday toasts, and this year was no different. While I love it, my taste buds arent paying the bill at the alcohol store, so I tend to reach for the Korbel. Not quite top shelf, but far enough from Andre that I am satisfied.
You may be wondering why I have such a distaste for Andre… let me quickly summarize…
I never found myself to be a drink snob by any means, but after years of Perrier (naive to the fact that it was expensive or that not all champagne tasted that way), the first time I sipped a glass of champagne at a New Years Party a few years ago, to my dismay, I believed the party-thrower had poured sour champagne. I was quickly informed it was Andre and have ever sinced strayed away at all costs.
Alas, I have digressed in typical fashion.
Back to my original thought process… this New Years, I will be with Heath, and I am in the mood for a little something different. I thought I would show you all a little bit of what we may be ringing in the New Year with, and perhaps, be you far or near, you can try some of our favorite drinks, or try some that we will also be trying for the first time.

Blueberry Batter - One of our Favorites
With Blueberries or without, and with crushed ice or without, this drink is cool, refreshing, tasty, and slightly dangerous. We made up the name because it really tastes like a liquid blueberry muffin, so feel free to use our name or come up with something on your own.
Pair 1 to 2 ounces of Blueberry Vodka (we use Smirnoff) with White Cranberry Juice.
Heath tends to pour a bit more of the Vodka and a little less juice, but you still can’t taste the alcohol in it (hence the dangerous part).

Champagne Cocktail
Thanks to Sweet Savory Life, I believe we may be incorporating our champagne this way for 2010!
Pour 1 or 2 shots of pear vodka in a glass and fill up with champagne. Garnish with a spoon full of fresh cranberries.
Another fun way to incorporate cranberries into your New Years festivities is with a Cranberry Champagne Cocktail.

Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Compliments of UrbanSpork.com, this recipe can use Champagne or Prosecco, whichever you choose.
Chill cranberry juice and Champagne. Place frozen cranberries in a glass and squeeze a lime wedge over the cranberries. Add cranberry juice and top the glass off with your favorite Champagne or Prosecco.
Here’s to 2010!