Spiced Christmas Punch

Ingredients
3 cups of apple juice
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
8 cloves
1/2-inch piece peeled fresh ginger
1 cinnamon stick
3 cups cranberry juice
ginger ale or sparkling wine

Preparation

Bring the apple juice, nutmeg, cloves, fresh ginger and 1 cinnamon stick to a simmer over medium heat. Lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain, cool and chill. In a large pitcher combine with the cranberry juice. Fill glasses partway with juice mixture and top off with ginger ale or sparkling wine.

If you like your punch to have a real punch, add a dash or two of rum or Quetzalteca.