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Every good party needs a great cocktail, and this Holiday Pear Sangria is just that. It’s my favorite festive drink to serve up this season. White wine mixed with pear brandy, fresh pears, cranberries, winter citrus, spices, and a splash of ginger beer. It’s sweet, refreshing, so easy to make, and perfect for all holiday parties.

This post is sponsored by Harry & David. 

side angle photo of Holiday Pear Sangria

To celebrate the season, I recently traveled to New York City to host a very fun and special holiday event and cookbook signing with Harry & David. I walked everyone through how I create the perfect holiday cheese board, signed books, and chatted the night away. It was so fun to get meet some of you in person, and to hear your stories of how you came to find me and Half Baked Harvest. It was truly such a special night. I’m SO grateful for all of you who continue to read and make HBH recipes in your kitchen.

As mentioned, I teamed up with Harry & David to create a festive holiday cheese board. To go along with it, I created this sweet pear sangria you see here. Both of which were served at the event. This sangria is one of my favorites, it’s great for easy holiday entertaining!

Holiday Pear Sangria in pitcher
overhead photo of Holiday Pear Sangria

To make this sweet pear sangria, simply mix white wine with a little apple or pear brandy, then add in seasonal fruits like pears, cranberries, and winter citrus. I love topping my sangria off with ginger beer for a nice spicy kick. So delicious and refreshing.

You can make this up to couple of days ahead, perfect for the busy hostess.

Holiday Pear Sangria in tall wine glass

Since not all of you could attend the event in NYC I wanted to share some photos. I’d also like to gift one reader a Gift Basket and a 12 Month delivery to the Fruit of the Month Club!

To enter:

  1. Make sure you’re following Half Baked Harvest and Harry & David on Instagram.
  2. Leave a comment telling me your favorite holiday tradition.

Giveaway has ENDED. Thank you so much to all who entered! 

For 15% OFF your next order, use the coupon code TIEGHAN at checkout.

{Photos by Kelsey Ann Rose}

Good luck and enjoy this delicious holiday pear sangria!

Holiday Pear Sangria

Author: Tieghan Gerard
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories Per Serving: 257 kcal

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.

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  • 1. In a large pitcher, combine all the ingredients except the ginger beer. Stir and then place in the fridge until chilled.
    2. Before serving, add the ginger beer. Fill each glass with ice and pour the sangria over the ice. If desired top with more ginger beer. Drink up!
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This post was originally published on December 17, 2018
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  1. One of our favorite traditions is to watch It’s a Wonderful Life and also a festive Christmas Eve dinner with family!
    I have been follwing on Instagram.

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  5. FAVORITE HOLIDAY TRADITIONS:
    Homemade Spiced Tea…a family tradition & recipe passed down for generations
    Homemade Eggnog served on Christmas Eve, around the fire
    Happy Holidays!

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  6. Every year, I look forward to putting up our Christmas tree. I put out a spread of appetizers so we can munch while decorating the tree, then after we’re done we always watch Christmas Vacation. It’s my favorite tradition!

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  7. Favorite holiday tradition…making Christmas morning pastries with my kids. Normally it’s a new one every year but last year we made cherry danish and it was such a hit that it’s on repeat this year

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  8. My favorite holiday tradition is having my mom sleep over on Christmas Eve. I make the family homemade pizza and wings. When the kids go to sleep (they are older now 19 and 12) we wrap presents and drink wine. Then we set up the tree and go to bed. In the morning we make homemade waffles. I love your posts and followed you and H&D on Insta. I just ordered your cookbook for a Christmas present for myself.

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  9. My favorite tradition is eating so many cookies at the cookie swap we go to every year. Also making gingerbread houses with my kids!

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  10. Love this easy sangria! My favorite holiday tradition is going waking up extra early to find presents under the tree and the tree lights still going. It’s was the only time of year we left them on all night. I have a one year old now so things are different than when I was a kid, but I’m so excited to see his face waking up that morning.

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  13. I love baking holiday treats each year and picking out a new ornament for our tree! I follow both accounts (missleahrae87)!

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  14. 4 stars
    A walk in the woods with kids happily chattering and then home to my Nova Scotia grandmother’s plum pudding… falling snow optional but appreciated.

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