The holidays are celebrated with bountiful offerings of food and good cheer. This is the time of year for office parties, family gatherings, and happy-hour get togethers. It is time to make the rounds, a drink here, an appetizer there, and then home to a full dinner. By week's end, we wonder why the dress looks lumpy and the pants do not zip. It might surprise people to know that the average caloric intake at one holiday party is over 2,000 calories, or a day's worth of eating.

High Caloric Alcoholic Beverages

The holidays bring out the most delectable and high caloric festive drinks. According to the Mayo Clinic, there are many hidden calories in alcoholic holiday drinks, and one glass can easily be equivalent to a small meal. For example, one eight-ounce glass of alcoholic eggnog is 400 calories and contains over 28% saturated fat; while the non-alcoholic version is 341 calories.

• a 4-oz glass of Irish cream liqueur is 397 calories.
• an 8-oz glass of hot buttered rum is 297 calories.
• an 8-oz glass of raspberry champagne punch is 199 calories.

While socializing at an office party, for example, one of these delicious drinks can easily turn into two or three with a total of approximately 900 calories. Moreover, no holiday gathering is complete without the trays of bite-sized appetizers.

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