My recipe for Yuletide Cheer:

1 generous shot Bourbon
1 generous shot chilled still mineral water
1 cup egg nog

Mix Bourbon and water in Old Fashioned glass. Pour egg nog down sink.

Yeah, and the water is optional, and in a pinch you can lose the glass, too. In fact, an ideal Christmas would be a fifth of Jack, a dark room, an "It's a Wonderful Life" DVD, and hold all my calls.

In the end I stayed traditional and added a shot of the dark run I picked up last year at the distillery in Nassau. But I was sorely tempted to try adding Kona Coffee Liquor. Night's still young, I might still.

Why waste good rum and mix it with eggnog?

Back when my sister and I were single digits, we received a kids cookbook for Christmas. Since the eggnog recipe involved no actual cooking (no stove anyway) and required only ingredients my mom always stocked, we were allowed to make it at will. I developed quite an eggnog habit well before I reached the legal drinking age. Or the illegal age at which I started.

I'm not a fan of eggnog. :D

Kipper - Your comments indicate you aren't familiar with some Caribbean traditions at the holidays.

Rum & eggnog is a good tradition in some Caribbean households during the holidays. Add cinnamon and/or nutmeg. Make it as strong or light as you wish for sipping (not getting overly drunk).

Alternatives which are more difficult to make is 'Coquito' which is even richer in fat content but the same principles.

I'd just prefer to skip the eggnog and only drink rum. :D

I love, love, love the stuff. Always with a sprinkle of nutmeg on top. But after 2 cups, I'm ready to call it quits for the season. The heartburn's about to kill me.

I like eggnog with or without rum - it all depends on how the holidays are going :D

No human can fault you for that. Don't care whether Caribbean descent or not. @:-)

I have never had an egg nog, is it typically american?

I would love to try it. Maybe I will look up a recipe and make an egg nog. But consuming raw egg is not very common here in my country due to everybody being paranoid about salmonella. Wile I would drink it my self, I would not serve it to others.

Coquito! Delicious!!!!! But a little goes a long way, because it is so rich . . .

Google it. It's been around a long time and is not exclusively American, although in its other international variations, it has other names.

I was surprised to read that making it with a sufficient alcohol content and refrigerating for 3 weeks will render it safe.

We do have an eggy alcoholic thing here, which we call Advocaat. But it's more thick like a thick custard and also boozy. It's not frothy like an Egg Nog.

Advocaat is so thick you eat it with a spoon. You can't call it a beverage anymore.