Christmas Party Holiday Rum Punch

I found this on the internet (www.drinkoftheweek.com ) and I am posting this for safe keeping. I also plan on making this for a holiday party. I was looking for something to put in an old punch bowl...

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Yields: 20 cups

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 2  cups  orange juice
• 2⁄3 cup lemon juice
• 1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, with juice
• 1  ounce triple sec
• 705  milliliters light rum
• 1  orange, sliced into rounds
• 1  lemon, sliced into rounds
• 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks, with juice
• 1  liter seltzer water
•  ice

Directions

1. In a punch bowl, combine sugar, oj, and lemon juice: stir until sugar dissolves.
2. Add cherries, triple sec, rum orange slices, lemon slices and pineapple chunks.
3. Stir and refrigerate for 1-2 hours to allow the flavours to blend.
4. Pour in Seltzer and add ice just before serving.