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5 D-FW cocktails to help you spread holiday cheer

Whether it's visions of sugarplums that dance in your head or candy canes scurrying around, why not mix them with some libations? 'Tis the season to be jolly and indulge in holiday cheer. We've gathered five of D-FW's most festive holiday cocktails to help your holiday season be merry and bright.

Baby it's Cold Outside

Baby it's Cold Outside
Baby it's Cold Outside

Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek (Dallas)

Many folks desire to warm up with a toasty cocktail, trading ice for heated sips. You can cozy up on the bar terrace outside or next to one of the Mansion's fireplaces and enjoy their cocktail that's sure to warm your bones. Baby it's Cold Outside is the bar's signature holiday cocktail, made with Buffalo Trace Mansion single barrel bourbon, butterscotch schnapps, apple cider, Mansion mulling spices and topped off with whipped cream.

Jingle Juice

Jingle Juice
Jingle Juice

Ida Claire (Addison)

Ida Claire is known for its southern hospitality, so we expect that they'd have hospitable holiday offerings as the season rolls around. They serve a variety of holiday-inspired cocktails, even presenting them in a somewhat community style. You can opt to enjoy your holiday libation as a single drink, or in a Punch Tower, which is ideal for a group of three to five folks. Jingle Juice is one of their most popular holiday sips, comprised of vodka, pomegranate juice, pineapple juice, agave, allspice and ginger ale.

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Cranberry Christmas Cocktail 

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Sugarbacon Proper Kitchen (Dallas and McKinney

This joint mixes up their menu with everything from tater tots to Wagyu BBQ brisket-cheddar enchiladas. So to wash down the savory bites, they concocted a Cranberry Christmas Cocktail. They arrived at this creation by mixing muddled cranberries, Ketel One vodka, honey, lime and orange juices, cranberry bitters splash and topped off with a rosemary sprig.

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Sugar Plum Fairy

Sugar Plum Fairy
Sugar Plum Fairy

Abacus (Dallas)

As Abacus is often seen as a special occasion dining destination, we're not surprised they offer up a special holiday cocktail that mimics enchantment and all the holiday sweetness one craves. The Sugar Plum Fairy is made with Absolut Elyx vodka, roasted plum, allspice dram, lemon, cream and egg white. This cocktail offers a thicker consistency with the cream and egg white, almost as if it's a dessert. And to accompany your drink, the glass is a copper Santa.

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Santa's Bag 

Santa's Bag
Santa's Bag

R Bar & Grill (Arlington)

Santa Claus is coming to town and he's bringing Rumple Minze mixed with Kahlua and cream. Santa's Bag is R Bar & Grill's take on the holiday season. This cocktail is shaken and poured into a rocks glass, topped with a splash of grenadine just to sweeten the deal. This sugary sip would be on Santa's good list.

By Kimber Westphall, Special Contributor