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Homemade boozy Christmas gifts

If you start now, you can make your own flavoured alcoholic drinks for Christmas presents. They're cheap and easy to prepare - and helps you avoid that last-minute rush

'Tis the season to be jolly? If only. Christmas can be one the most stressful times of the year, what with spending a fortune on gifts, food and drink, and running around like a headless chicken trying to decide what to buy at the last minute.

So, this year, why not have a more relaxed - and affordable - festive season by thinking about it now and making your own boozy Christmas presents. Your bank manager will be happy with your low spending, and your friends and family will be thrilled that you've taken the time and effort to concoct such personal, distinctive gifts.

The other bonus is that you make these presents now to give them time to mature. So when everyone else is in a last-minute buying panic, you can sit back, relaxed in the knowledge that you organised all your gifts weeks ago.

First things first – choose a recipe:

• Christmas Pudding Vodka
  
• Hazelnut Frangelico
  
• Ginger Wine
  
• Irish Cream
  
• Cranberry and Raspberry Vodka
  
• Cassis
  
• Limoncello
  
• Sloe gin

Over the page: Step-by-step Christmas booze

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