Video: Three orange liqueurs for Christmas Oranges come in smaller varieties during Christmas - you know, satsumas, clementines and the like. But they're still oranges. In their own way. Annoyingly, they're invariably stuffed in stockings, taking up precious present space that might accommodate gifts like FIFA 14. Oranges are great for vitamin C and that, but not so great for putting in the Xbox. Even so, we thought it'd be nice to pay homage to this festive fruit by suggesting some orange flavoured alcohol. Made in Sicily, the fruit for this beverage is hand picked from the blood orange groves on the slopes of Mount Etna. Produced by Leslie Gracie, the creator of Hendrick's Gin, the liqueur is a blend of three small-batch distillates: one from the orange flesh, one using the skin, and a final incorporating local lemons. The result is a palpable pulpy punch of bitter-sweet flavour that courses through the spirit like a stream of hot lava. £38.95, from The Whisky Exchange Grand Marnier A more familiar brand for Christmas quaffers, this is a blend of cognac and orange peel. The peels come from specially selected oranges, grown in tropical regions to give them high concentration of natural oils. The peels are macerated in spirit then blended with the cognac and rested for six months. Drink it neat or in a mixed drink, or you can use to light up a Christmas pud. £14, from Waitrose Rhum Orange Made by the folks from the Santa Theresa rum distillery in Venezuela, this liqueur has, rather unsurprisingly given the producers, rum at heart of it. A two-year-old rum, to be specific, which is blended with Valencia orange peel to give a beautifully sweet but equally zesty and spicy spirit, perfectly balanced and best served neat over ice. £19.94, from thedrinkshop.com Advent calendar of Christmas drinks, day 18: beer can turkey