There's nothing like cozying up in your pj's and slippers and settling down to a warm holiday breakfast full of freshly squeezed orange juice, hot from the oven, perfectly crisp bacon, perfectly cooked scrambled eggs which are loaded with cheddar, and a tall stack of warm pancakes slathered with butter and drenched in maple syrup.

One of my favorite parts of Christmas when I was younger was always the breakfast my mom made. She didn't make a hot breakfast often, we were much more of a dry cereal family so a hot breakfast like this was a big deal to me.

And bacon to this day still reminds me of Christmas morning, then I'm reminded of how many oranges it took me and my siblings to squeeze by hand with one of those twist to juice thingamathings (manual juicers) to get enough juice for my mom and all 6 kids.

Good times though. Christmas morning is hands down my favorite morning of the year no doubt so a seriously incredible breakfast is a must!

Really it's not best with pomegranate arils (kind of an odd flavor combo to do pomegranate and eggnog) I only added them to make it look more festive and fancier, sparkling cranberries would be good for decoration too.

I'm sure I will be turning to this french toast recipe many times this season. It tastes just like eggnog but in perfectly golden and buttery french toast form. Serve this up with sweetened whipped cream (a holiday must right?) and those irresistible slices of salty, crisp bacon we all crave, and you've got a holiday meal worth remembering.

Yes, I wanted to devour all 30-whatever of those cookies, but somehow I managed to get them to the party :). Since I woke up this morning and my cookies were gone, but I still had half of a carton of eggnog, I decided to make another holiday inspired treat.

Me and my kids call these "Santa Drink Muffins" because we all know eggnog is the preferred drink for Santa Clause.

I'm pretty sure eggnog is available all year where I live but I try to resist buying it until the holidays because it makes it that much more savored and enjoyed.

It was basically like drinking eggnog for breakfast anyway (which still isn't what we'd consider healthy but it's also another delicious breakfast choice, especially when it's a holiday - or near a holiday).

Eggnog ingredients are very similar to ice cream ingredients.  You've got your cream, milk, sugar and egg yolks.  Which led me to, why not just use eggnog, rather than using a whole list of ingredients, making a custard and allowing it time to cool before processing.

This is probably the easiest thing I have ever made, next to toast.  I love the simplicity of this recipe.  And it tastes exactly like eggnog, imagine that =).  I thought the eggnog did need a bit more sugar but if you don't like your ice cream as sweet as I do only add as much as you'd like.