There are many things to celebrate during December:  Hanukkah, Kwanza, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and for me, I also have a bunch of December birthdays to celebrate.

So during this month who doesn’t like a good cocktail? I am thinking about a special drink that you would only have during December.

I was wrapping presents yesterday morning with The Food Network on in the background.  When I heard the chef talking about the ingredients to a holiday drink he was going to make, I stopped what I was doing, turned up the TV and sat down on the couch to watch him make this decadent drink.  Here is the drink and its ingredients:

Naughty and Nice Buttered Rum

• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• Dash ground cinnamon
• Dash ground nutmeg
• 2 ounces dark rum
• Boiling water

Do you think that sounds good?  My thought?  Maybe just one for the entire year!  That’s some rich stuff.  Butter and brown sugar in a cocktail?  Wow.

Credit for the drink goes to The Food Network show “Big Daddy’s House” and its chef Big Daddy, of course!