The chestnuts are roasting over an open fire. The tinsel is glittering on the Christmas tree, and the wreath on the front door finally isn't crooked. Try not to keep looking at it. It's good enough.
Instead, turn your attention to the fun part of the holidays: cocktails! Grab your favorite classic cocktail to sip while you browse Christmas drink names that'll make you holly, jolly, and jingle your way through the season. Then, host a holiday party with the most inventive Christmas cocktail names ever. You're welcome!
Classically Christmas Cocktail Names
Grab your vintage decorations, pop on a classic Christmas music station, and hop onto a one-horse sleigh with these traditional Christmas drink names.
- Poinsettia Fizz
- The Grinch's Heart
- Mistletoe Margarita or Martini
- Mrs. Claus's Cocktail
- Santa's Hat Highball
- Mistletoe Mule
- Silver Bell
- Poinsettia Punch
- Santa's Whiskey Flip
- Nativity Negroni
- Fireside Old-Fashioned
- Sazerac's Greetings
- 'Tis the Season Sangria
- Bah Humbug Highball
- Scrooge-Driver
- North Pole Smash
- Miracle Street Manhattan or Martini
- Gold, Frankincense, and Rye
- Dasher's Festive Daiquiri
- Dancer's Chocolate Brandy Alexander
- Prancer's Punch
- Vixen's Vesper
- Comet's Cranberry Clover Club
- Cupid's Cherry Mojito
- Donner's Creamsicle Screwdriver
- Blitzen's Gin Fizz
- North Pole Punch
- Ebenezer's Cap
- Ghost of Christmas Cocktails
- Three Wise Gimlets
- Mai Tidings of Comfort and Joy
- Christmas Cheer Cocktail
Sweet Christmas Cocktail Names
These cocktail names are an ode to all the tasty treats and snacks that seem to cover every last surface at every holiday party, from savory to minty, sugary to chocolatey. But in a glass. That means the calories count for less.
- Peppermintini
- Candy Cane Cocktail
- Cranberry Kringle
- Sugar Cookie Martini
- Very Cherry Christmas
- Judy the Elf's Spiked Hot Chocolate
- Gingerbread Buttons
- Whiskey Fruit Cake Smash
- Who-Chocolate Pudding Martini
- Almond Old-Fashioned Over an Open Fire
- Peppermint Patty Julep
- Candy Cane Forest Hot Chocolate
- Excellent Elf Eggnog
- Frosted Cookie Martini
- Polar Espresso Martini
- Jack Frosty Mudslide
- Guava Maria Margarita
- Grasshopper Green Stockings
- Hazelnut Fudge Martini
- Christmas Crème Brûlée Martini
- Grandma's Warm Apple Pie
- Polar Bear Pecan Pie Martini
- Christmas Cookie Cocktail
- It's Cold Out-Cider Cocktail
- Dreaming of a White Wine Christmas Sangria
- Gingerbread Hot Chocolate
Funny Christmas Names
Don't take the holiday season too seriously! Your schedule is already jam-packed, so add a little extra merriment and fun to your cocktails with a play on words with hilarious Christmas names.
- Drunken Gingerbread Man
- Drunken Snowman
- Naughty But Nice
- Jingle Juice
- Christmosa
- Santa Clausmopolitans
- The Dirty Snowman
- The Grinch's Martini
- Naughty List
- Nice List
- Ralphie's Wish
- Pink Bunny Pajamas
- Getting Blitzen'd
- Reindeer Tracks
- Gin and Tidings
- Santagria
- Ho Ho Hot Toddy
- Sleigh Bellini
- Naughty or Spice
- Sweater Weather Whiskey Sour
- Jack Skellington's Bone White Christmas Margarita
- Gingle Bells and Tonic
- Merrygaritas
- Prosecco Ho Ho Fizz
Christmas Cocktails With Carols and Quotes
Hum along to these lyrical Christmas cocktail names with caution, as they're quite an earworm, or dive into those unforgettable movie quotes that you'll never forget. Give it your own spin by replacing a word from your favorite Christmas lyrics or quote with a style of cocktail or a spirit.
- Holly Jolly Christmas Cocktail
- Angel's We Have Heard on Highball
- Deck the Highballs
- Good Tidings of Cosmo and Joy
- Red-Nosed Cosmo
- Silver and Gold
- Away in a Manhattan
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clarified Milk Punch
- O Little Tom Collins of Bethlehem
- Little Drummer Bramble
- Do You Cheers What I Cheer
- Away in a Manger Margarita
- It's a Wonderful Spritz
- Keep the Change, Ya Filthy Martini
- Buzz, Your Girlfriend! Flip!
- All the Booze Down in Boozeville Punch
- Pa Rum Pa Pum Punch
- Great Aunt Bethany's Gift
- Merry Christmas, Ya Salty Dogs
- It's Because I'm Green, Isn't It? Midori Sour
- Oh, the Who-manity Manhattan
- 6:30 Drinks With Me, I Can't Cancel That Again
- John McClane Margarita
- Welcome to the Party, Old Pal
- It's a Bramble, Clark, It's a Bramble!
- Aunt Bethany, Does Your Cat Eat Jello Shots?
- You'll Shooter Your Eye Out, Kid
- Scott Calvin's Nightcap
- Bernard's Hot and Dirty Martini
- Bye, Buddy! I Hope You Find Your Daiquiri
- World's Best Cup of Irish Coffee
- Bloody Merry
- Deck the Halls with Baileys Cocktail
Winter Wonderland Christmas Drink Names
The weather outside is frightful, and the shoveling is not delightful; let it pour, let it pour, let it pour right out of your cocktail shaker and into a glass garnished with a wintery name.
- Snowflake Martini or Cocktail
- Snowman's Highball
- Blizzard Alexander
- Jack Frost Cocktail
- White Christmas
- Blizzard Ball
- Snowstorm
- White Out
- Snowdrift Cosmo or Martini
- White Christmas Dream
- Snowball
- Winter Wonderland
- Frostbite
- The Blizzard Bramble
- Mitten Martini
- Blizzard Bourbon Apple Pie
- Frosty Martini
- Hailstorm Highball
- Snowdrift Old-Fashioned
- Flurry Flip
- Polar Vortex Cocktail
- Blizzard Buttered Rum
Christmas Mocktail Names
Don't forget to aptly name the drinks that'll be adorning the kids' table or filling up a cocktail glass for those who don't want any booze. Mocktails deserve a sparkling, festive name, too. Without one, it would be like forgetting the star on top of the tree.
- Max's Grinchy Mocktail
- Buddy the Elf's Favorite Mocktail
- Little Elf Highball
- Berry Merry Mocktail
- Christmas Lights Fizz
- Mocktail of Misfit Toys
- Rudolph's Rob Roy
- Drinking Kiddie Punch and Watching Rubbish
- Virgin Bloody Mary
- You Don't Smell Like Santa
- Throne of Lies Mocktail
- Son of a Nutcracker Hot Chocolate
- Snowmen Can't Talk
- Button Nose Mocktail
- Cindy Lou Who's Punch
- Kevin McCallister Mocktail
- Yukon Cornelius Secret Hot Toddy Mocktail
- Christmastown Fizz
- Sleigh Ride Sparkle
- A Tom Collins for Tiny Tim Mocktail
- Elf on the Shelf Sangria Mocktail
- Shirley Tinsel
- Away in a Mocktail
- Cran-merry Fizz
Naughty List Christmas Drink Names
Sometimes people end up on the naughty list and get a stocking full of coal. Even if that's the case, at least their glass will still be full of a tasty cocktail.
- The Naughty Elf
- Present Swiper
- The Grinch's Intern
- Reindeer Tracks Fizz
- I Was Kissing Santa Claus
- Been An Angel All Year
- The Future Mrs. Claus
- Not So Angel Face
- Buzzing With Vixen
- Reindeer Rum Riot
- What the Fudge Mudslide
- Son of a Blitzen
- Meet Me Under the Mistletoe
- Kissable Kris Kringle
- Santa Hat Dropper
- Santy Dropper
- Between the Ornaments
- Sugarplum Seduction
- Krampus Sangria
- Gingerbread Fling
Christmas Cocktails Names for a Sparkling Season
The stockings are hung by the chimney with care. The cocktails are shaking and ready for names. Let the holly and jolly spirits flow through you, in addition to the bourbon and gin, this holiday season. Kick your feet up and cross cocktail planning off your list. Now that deserves a drink.
