It's a little frightening, but the home stretch of end-of-year holidays is fast approaching. Between Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's, and whatever else you may celebrate as the leaves turn and the snow starts to pile up, chances are you're going to have a few drinks—or a few too many.

Since the headaches may be more frequent than usual over the next few months, we thought it would be helpful to prepare you with the best hair of the dog recipes we've come across in our travels. Whether you're waking up next to a stranger in a skeleton costume or on your living room floor wearing a Santa hat, there's nothing that can't be remedied by some brunch and some boozy hangover cures.

There are some classics, of course. The Bloody Mary and the Mimosa are downright ubiquitous on late weekend mornings, and for good reason. They cover both of the big hangover-curing bases: spicy and savory, and sweet and bubbly.

For the latter, though, there are dozens of other champagne cocktails that scratch the same itch, and they're a lot more interesting than the traditional go-tos.

Take the Bellini, for example. It's just as easy to make as a Mimosa (well, assuming you were using fresh-squeezed orange juice—which you'd better be!), but it uses peach puree and an optional splash of raspberry liqueur to complement the sparkling wine.

The Pear Hibiscus Brunch Cocktail is another winner, which is more or less just what it sounds like. Pear vodka and an actual hibiscus flower make this one taste as good as it looks, which is saying something.

Branching out from the wine cocktails, though, is the British classic Pimm's Cup. Bubbly and refreshing, you can make it your own with nearly any fresh fruits and vegetables, though cucumber, lemon, orange, and strawberry are the most common. Plus, Pimm's is a pretty low-alcohol liqueur, so it's good for those days when you have more Christmas cocktails to get to later.

On the savory side, there's the crowd-favorite Michelada, which is more or less a Bloody Mary with beer instead of vodka and tomato juice. It's spicy, refreshing, and sure to make you rethink your prejudices about beer cocktails.

If you need a little more of a pick-me-up than hair of the dog alone can give you, it's worth giving some coffee cocktails a try. This Irish Coffee recipe is always a welcome sight for sore (and likely bloodshot) eyes, and tastes great after a night of too many Thanksgiving cocktails.

A little less traditional is the Black Forest cocktail, which is made with espresso, Benedictine, Luxardo, and some orange bitters. It's pretty low-alcohol, so it'll do more to wake you up than put you back to sleep, and when done well it's absolutely gorgeous looking.

There's also a more "medicinal" route you can go, which uses the polarizing bitterness of Fernet cocktails to put some hair on your chest and knock the hangover right out of your system. It goes contrary to pretty much all accepted medical science, but some old-school Italians still claim this stuff cures everything from Cholera to bug bites.

You can either sip it straight (our favorite, but some people can't stand it), take a shot with a ginger ale back, or mix it with cola in a Fernet and Coke, which is more or less the national drink of Argentina. Seriously, they even have a song about it.

While we certainly don't advocate drinking to excess, it's probably inevitable that you'll be indulging in a good number of Halloween cocktails any week now—hopefully this guide gives you what you need to cure any lingering effects. And hey, if all else fails, just knock back a couple Screwdrivers. If there's orange juice it counts as breakfast, right?