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Several festive pop-up bars in and around Boston are stirring up the holiday spirit.
These temporary bars are adorned with festive decorations and feature seasonal cocktails meant to elicit the warm and fuzzy feeling synonymous with the holidays.
Below are eight bars where you can get some holiday cheer and beer.
Santa’s Cantina at Loco Fenway
61 Brookline Ave., Boston.
This is the second year that Loco Fenway has transformed into Santa’s Cantina for the holiday season. The pop-up, which will be up through the month of January, features festive food and drink specials such as Ghost of Christmas Past, Glen Cocoa, Yukon Cornelius and Ya Filthy Animal.
Loco Fenway is open from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Blitzen’s Bar at The Last Hurrah in the Omni Parker House
60 School St., Boston
The Omni Parker House invites guests to toast the holidays with the launch of its new seasonal pop-up, Blitzen’s Bar. The pop-up will take over the hotel’s bar, The Last Hurrah, from now until Monday, Dec. 30.
Blitzen’s features 12 cocktails, including The Blitzen, Frost Bite and Tidings of Whiskey & Joy. A festive food menu consisting of Reindeer Nuggets, Ralphie’s Nibbles, Popcorn Garlands and more is also available.
The bar is first-come, first-serve and is open from 4 p.m. to midnight daily.
Holly Jolly Bar at Harpoon Brewery in Seaport
306 Northern Ave., Boston
Harpoon Brewery in Seaport will be decked out in holiday cheer from now until Jan. 4, 2025. The Holly Jolly Bar features “over-the-top” Christmas decor and festive cocktails such as the Prancer’s Pomegranate Margarita, Icicle Tea and Espres-snow Martini.
The bar also offers several small bites, including a cinnamon sugar pretzel, pumpkin pie and cannoli chips.
General admission starts at $18 per person and comes with a 90-minute reservation and one welcome cocktail. Reservations can be made online.
Miracle at the Kimpton Marlowe Hotel in Cambridge
25 Edwin H Land Blvd., Cambridge
Miracle is located in the lobby of the Kimpton Marlowe Hotel in Cambridge from now until Christmas Eve. Bartenders will don their favorite ugly Christmas sweaters while making Miracle’s specialty cocktails served in whimsical mugs. Small bites are also available from the Kimpton’s restaurant, Bambara Kitchen & Bar.
Miracle is open from 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday, 5 to 11 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 4 to 11 p.m. Saturday.
Maccabee Bar at Noir Bar at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge
1 Bennett St., Cambridge
The Hanukkah pop-up Maccabee Bar is back for its seventh year at Noir Bar at The Charles Hotel in Harvard Square in Cambridge.
The bar has Jewish-themed cocktails, including The Hebrew Hammer (a jelly doughnut-inspired sour drink) and the Shin Shin, Put One In (an after-dinner cocktail with dark rum, cacao, Oloroso sherry and amaro).
Maccabee Bar will be up from now until New Year’s Day. Noir Bar is open from 4 p.m. to midnight Monday and Tuesday and 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Reservations can be made online.