Easy Christmas Sangria

Ingredients:

• 1 bottle red wine
• 1-1/2 cups orange juice
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup Brandy
  
• 1 lemon, sliced
• 2 nectarines or peaches pitted and cut into wedges
• 1 orange, sliced
• 1 lime, sliced
• 3 cups Seltzer or Club Soda
• Ice cubes
  

Mixing Instructions:

1. In a 3 or 4 quart pitcher, combine wine, orange juice, Brandy, and sugar.
2. Stir until sugar dissolves.
3. Stir in fruit and cucumber.
4. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 3 hours or overnight.

To serve, stir Seltzer or Club soda into pitcher. Fill glasses with ice and pour Sangria overtop.