Christmas Punch - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 c. orange juice
1/4 c. lemon juice
1 c. strong tea
1/2 c. sugar
1 qt. ginger ale
1 qt. club soda
6 to 8 oz. can mandarin orange sections
Decorative Ice Cubes (recipe follows)

Preparation

Pour orange juice, lemon juice, tea and sugar into a bottle or pitcher.
Stir these ingredients; refrigerate at least 2 hours. Also refrigerate the ginger ale and club soda.
Open can of mandarin oranges when you are ready to serve the punch.
Pour contents of can into punch bowl.
Add the juice and tea mixture to the bowl.
Stir well.
Add chilled ginger ale, club soda and the Decorative Ice Cubes.
Serve in punch cups or tall glasses. Serves 8.