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As the ginger ale showered ... punch” on Cooks.com yields 1,160 results—each one a slight variation on the recipe that I remember, sometimes involving bobbing pieces of fruit, 7-Up, or lemonade.

Freeze until solid. Stir rum, cider, cranberry juice, ginger ale, lime juice, 3 tsp. simple syrup, and some cranberry ice in a pitcher or punch bowl. Taste punch; add more syrup if needed.

In a punch bowl, combine watermelon juice, blood orange juice, ginger beer, gin and Cointreau. Then add watermelon balls, mint leaves and top with tonic to taste.