Sugar & Booze

A sweet-and-spirited Christmas celebration inspired by Ana Gasteyer’s “Sugar & Booze,” tracing how sugar and alcohol shaped holiday traditions from medieval feasts to Victorian puddings and global nogs. Eggnog bakes, boozy desserts, candy-shot crafts, trivia, and friends made history taste festive.

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Christmas in the 1920s

A Roaring Twenties Christmas filled with speakeasy sparkle, jazz playlists, Prohibition-era cocktails, vintage menus, Macy’s first parade, Summit Avenue lights, silent films, and toy-box nostalgia. A glittering, time-travel holiday weekend shaped by invention, elegance, and early electric cheer.

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