National Bloody Mary Day Cards

A day celebrating the Bloody Mary, a savory tomato-juice–based cocktail typically made with vodka, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and various spices and garnishes. The drink is often credited to French bartender Fernand Petiot, who first mixed a vodka-and-tomato-juice drink in the 1920s at Harry's New York Bar in Paris and later refined the recipe at the St. Regis Hotel in New York in the 1930s. The exact origin and the name’s provenance have competing stories (some link the name to cultural figures or historical nicknames), but the cocktail became popular as a brunch staple and a reputed hangover remedy. National Bloody Mary Day recognizes the drink’s cultural role in brunch culture, its many regional variations and garnishes, and its place in mixology history.