Holiday Punch - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. cold water
1/3 c. loose tea or 15 tea bags
3/4 c. sugar
2 qt. cranberry juice cocktail
4 (6 oz.) cans frozen orange juice, thawed
1/4 c. lemon juice
2 qt. water
1 (28 oz.) bottle ginger ale
lemon slices
red and green candied cherries

Preparation

Bring cold water to full, rolling boil.
Remove from heat; add tea bags all at once.
Let stand for 5 minutes; strain into punch bowl.
Add sugar and stir until dissolved.
Cool at room temperature.
Add juices and water; refrigerate.
When ready to serve, add ginger ale and ice.
Garnish with lemon slices topped with sliced red and green cherries.