Christmas Punch

½ cup white sugar

2 cups orange juice

⅔ cup lemon juice

1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, with juice

1 fluid ounce triple sec liqueur

1 (750 milliliter) bottle light rum

1 orange, sliced into rounds

1 lemon, sliced into rounds

1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks

1 liter carbonated water

ice

In a punch bowl, combine sugar, orange juice, and lemon juice. Stir until sugar dissolves. Add cherries, triple sec, light rum, orange slices, lemon slices, and pineapple chunks. Refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours to allow flavors to blend.

Pour in carbonated water, and add ice just before serving.