Drinking hot apple cider gets me into the holiday spirit. I just enjoyed some cider that Philina Chan made for the staff here at Chatelaine. Philina is the art designer who puts together all of our wonderful food layouts for our magazine. Her presentation of the apple cider was great. Philina poured the different versions of homemade, hot apple cider into beautiful glass bottles (from Ikea) and labeled them with pretty gift tags. I think this is a lovely idea for a Christmas or New Year's Eve party. Take a look: