Before Halloween parties had fog machines, themed cocktails, and somebody’s cousin showing up dressed as a “sexy” version of something that absolutely did not need a sexy version…there was the punch bowl.

And apparently, that bowl was doing a LOT more than holding drinks.

In Episode 7 of TRUE MOCKTAILS, Princess — aka Thirsty Homebody — is digging into the history of Halloween punch and how one giant communal bowl became the center of the party.

We’re going all the way back to the early history of punch, when sharing from one bowl was part drink, part hospitality, and part social event.

Then we’re bringing it into early American Halloween celebrations, where house parties were filled with fortune-telling games, courtship traditions, apple cider, spooky decorations, and — you guessed it — punch.

Because old-school Halloween parties were basically part spooky season, part matchmaking event, and part “girl…who invited all these people?” 😂

We’re talking about:

🎃 Where punch came from and why it was meant to be shared
🎃 How the punch bowl became a symbol of hospitality
🎃 Early Halloween house parties and spooky party traditions
🎃 Fortune-telling and courtship games because apparently Halloween used to be a dating app
🎃 The role women played in organizing and shaping Halloween parties
🎃 Apple cider, Prohibition, and changing American drinking culture
🎃 And how the punch bowl eventually became part drink station, part decoration, and part entertainment

For today’s sip, I’m drinking my Hocus Pocus Punch, because obviously we cannot discuss Halloween punch without having something spooky in the glass.

You can find the drink recipes and more Thirsty Homebody content over on YouTube.

So grab whatever you’re sipping and come hang out.

Because around here, we’re not just drinking.

We’re thinking, too.

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