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Not having any particular allegiance to either team that is playing in Super Bowl XL has its advantages. The primary one being that I don't feel bound to a particular color scheme and can use blue, silver, black and gold with abandon. Not being one for tablescapes, I limited my wild color use to blue and gold sprinkles. White icing outlined hand-drawn football helmets, which I decorated further with blue Seattle Seahawk S's and yellow Pittsburg Steelers P's. Interestingly, the blue-sprinkled cookies disappeared much more quickly than the yellow. Are more people supporting the Steelers or are the blue sprinkles just more enticing?

[Photo by Nicole Weston]

So you're really going crazy, stocking up on food for the big game, but what about the drinks? Sure, you could just get a case of beer and maybe a few six packs of soda, but since this only happens once a year, why not go all out and make something special?

About.com has what looks like a tasty concoction (though the Gatordade scares me a bit): Touchdown Tea. It's a punch, in a punch bowl, so it's a little bit more exotic than cans of Budweiser (so women will like it too), and the guys will like it because, well, it has a lot of booze in it: 

• one part vodka
• one part tequila
• one part rum
• one part gin
• one part triple sec
• 1 1/2 parts lemon-lime Gatorade
• splash of cola

Fill a punch bowl with large chunks of ice. Pour the ingredients in. Stir a lot. Scream at the TV when a player fumbles the ball on the two yard line. Enjoy.