No flower says Christmas like the beautiful poinsettia. Learn a few facts about this traditional Christmas plant and enjoy a Poinsettia cocktail recipe suitable for a celebration.

Oh Poinsettia, a living symbol that the holiday season has arrived. Available in almost any store during the month of December, it is almost necessary that you decorate your home with one or one hundred during the Christmas season. Originally red, they now come in almost any shade: red, white, pink, burgundy, marbled and speckled, even blue!

To celebrate this special plant we are sharing the Poinsettia Cocktail.  The Poinsettia is an elegant Champagne cocktail that is perfect for holiday parties, you can mix up a big batch for an easy way of entertaining.

Remember that with any Champagne cocktail, it is best to mix all of the ingredients then add the Champagne just before serving to ensure the freshest bubbly.

Poinsettia Champagne Cocktail

Poinsettia Cocktail

Prep Time: 3 minutes

Yield: 1 Pitcher

Ingredients:

4 ounce Cointreau

24 ounces cranberry juice

1 bottle Brut Champagne

 Preparation:

Chill all of the ingredients beforehand.

Pour the Cointreau and cranberry juice into a pitcher. Stir well. Add a little of the Cointreau/cranberry mix to the bottom of a champagne flute. Top with Champagne just before serving.

8 Interesting Facts About Poinsettias

Poinsettia Drink

  • Poinsettias are not poisonous. A child would have to eat more than 500 leaves to have any harmful effect. Plus poinsettia leaves have an awful taste so they are pretty safe for kids.
  • The showy colored parts of poinsettias that most people think of as the flowers are actually colored bracts (modified leaves).
  • Poinsettias have also been called the lobster flower, due to the red color.
  • Joel Roberts Poinsett introduced the poinsettia plant to the United States from Mexico. Poinsett was a botanist, physician and the first United States Ambassador to Mexico.
  • In Mexico the poinsettia is a perennial shrub that will grow 10-15 feet tall.
  • There are more than 100 varieties of poinsettias available today. Poinsettias come in colors like the traditional red, white, pink, burgundy, marbled and speckled.
  • The Paul Ecke Ranch in California grows over 70% of all Poinsettias purchased in the United States and does about 50% of the world-wide sales of Poinsettias.
  • December 12th is Poinsettia Day, which marks the death of Joel Roberts Poinsett in 1851.

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