Super Simple Holiday Helper

If you're at all like me, you often find yourself in need of a calming influence during the holidays. Maybe you got pepper sprayed while shopping on Black Friday. Perhaps your cousin just said that she misses your old boyfriend. In front of your new one. Or, it could be, that you simply don't deal well with all the stress and high energy situations that the holidays bring (not to mention all that damned cheerfulness). Well Dear Readers, I've got just the thing for you:

Sunkicked's Patented Super Simple Holiday Helper!

Sure, the purists will tell you this is just a simple Grand Marnier sour, but don't let them harsh your future buzz my friends! This is the Holiday Helper you've been looking for, no matter what some Liquor Luddites want to call it!.

Step 1 Drinking On the Fly

To do this properly you'd need a glass juicer, a jigger whatsit, a shaker, and a cocktail glass. However, time is of the essence; Uncle Jackie is about to show your girlfriend that thing he can do with his big toe. We're going to do this on the fly, with no special equipment, and no pressure to be exact.

Needs:

1. 1 1/2 ounces of Grand Marnier (or, really, any orange flavored hooch you can get your hands on, this is just the good stuff)
2. 1 ounce lemon juice (which just so happens to be the amount you can squeeze out of half a medium sized lemon)
3. Some form of a measuring device. I have an adjustable measuring cup that does just about every measuring format you can think of in the kitchen. I highly recommend it. The point is you want 1 part lemon juice to 1 1/2 parts booze.
4. Cutting board. No sense in destroying Great Aunt Muriel's counter just because her dog peed on your pant leg.
5. Knife.

Optional:

1. 1 ounce of club soda
2. 1/2 ounce of orange juice (freshly squeezed, if you please)

Honestly, I prefer this drink with the club soda, but I'd skip the orange juice unless it's just too sour for you (though the soda should take care of that). Still, it's your holiday, drink how you want to drink.