Christmas Party Holiday Rum Punch - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup white sugar
2 cups orange juice
2/3 cup lemon juice
1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, with juice
1 ounce triple sec
705 milliliters light rum
1 orange, sliced into rounds
1 lemon, sliced into rounds
1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks, with juice
1 liter seltzer water
ice

Preparation

In a punch bowl, combine sugar, oj, and lemon juice: stir until sugar dissolves.
Add cherries, triple sec, rum orange slices, lemon slices and pineapple chunks.
Stir and refrigerate for 1-2 hours to allow the flavours to blend.
Pour in Seltzer and add ice just before serving.