Eggnog 1941 film "The Great Mr. Nobody". Tom and Jerry drinks are mentioned in the 1960 film "The Apartment". In the 1989 film "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" film, the fictional characters Clark Griswold and Cousin Eddie are depicted drinking egg nog out of Wally World mugs, an inside joke which makes reference to the fictional theme park featured in an earlier National Lampoon movie. In the 1990 movie "Die Hard 2", John McClane wishes he could have a normal Christmas with eggnog rather than crawling through a ventilation duct. Eggnog Eggnog , egg nog or egg-nog, historically also known (when alcoholic
Eggnog homemade moonshine spirits were added to eggnog. Eggnog "became tied to the holidays" when it was adopted in the United States in the 1700s. Eggnog "...seems to have been popular on both sides of the Atlantic" in the 18th century. Records show that the first US President, George Washington, "...served an eggnog-like drink to visitors" which included "...rye whiskey, rum, and sherry." The President's recipe called for a variety of alcoholic beverages along with the dairy and egg ingredients: "One quart cream, one quart milk, one dozen tablespoons sugar, one pint brandy, 1/2 pint rye whiskey, 1/2 pint Jamaica rum,