Christmas fruit punch is an infusion that is consumed in Mexico, traditionally in December during the posadas and on Christmas Eve, although there are also people who start consuming it from September for the national holidays and from November during the eve of the day of the dead (mainly in Mexico City and its metropolitan area).
It is prepared by boiling the ingredients in large quantities to be served during typical Christmas and winter gatherings. Traditionally, it is served very hot in individual clay pots with portions of fruit, and may or may not contain a spirit (often rum), which is added after boiling to prevent evaporation. One of the main ingredients, which gives it its blood-red color, is hibiscus water (made by boiling hibiscus flowers in water to release their red coloring). The basic fruits are apple, guava, and tejocote (Mexican hawthorn).
Mexican ponche may or may not contain alcohol and is served hot. The version with alcohol is called "ponche con piquete" (spiked ponche) because it has a "piquete" (spike) of tequila, rum, whiskey, red wine, or champagne, presented as a traditional hot infusion or as a cocktail.
This drink is commonly found at street fairs set up outside churches, where it can be enjoyed with buñuelos (fritters) or tamales. It is also sold at Christmas markets in Mexico during the famous Guadalupe-Reyes Marathon.
It is also traditionally consumed in Guatemala, even before the holidays. Fruits such as papaya, melon, and apple are used, along with sweeteners like sugar, honey, and/or cinnamon.}
Recipe from the Goverment of Mexico
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Isekai idea: John Brown is a modern American socialist who get sent back in time to the 1800s, and he knew what he had to do and that he might very lose his life over it.
I know its a bit, no need to take it seriously nut Im gonna lol. People really did know it was wrong and people were really willing to risk their lives over it, including whites and including southerners. Sometimes people talk about it like "well that was just the time" but there really were abolitionists all the way back to the 17th century. There were vigilance societies that really helped former slaves who rescued themselves - like Joshua Glover very heroically liberates himself, made it to Wisconsin, the slavers tried to use the fugitive slave act on him and he was jailed, but Americans really did break in to that jail and pulled him out and rescued him - like 5000 people did that. Not even a singular story, similar thing happened with Shadrach Minkins - escaped slavery, made it to Boston but was recaptured and in court when hundreds of people managed to grab him out and help him flee to Canada. There really was a popular movement to stamp out slavery for hundreds of years, that tends to get rolled over and ita probably because ordinary people (hundreds and thousands and more) were willing to break the law, put their bodies and lives on the line, in defiance of federal and state law to end slavery. Wish we had that same energy today for wage slavery
Oh, I know, I've been to Friends meeting houses that were abolitionist before the USA was founded. The Society of Friends was petitioning congress to abolish slavery back in 1890.