Ginger Ale Cranberry Punch

Here are the recipes for the desserts on my Thanksgiving buffet dinner menu. I figured I'd post the recipes now before the kitchen chaos begins (and I'll post pics of the final products by Thursday)...

Ginger Ale Cranberry Punch

2 cups water
1 ½ cups sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
3 cups cranberry juice
2 ½ cups orange juice
1 cup lemon juice
lemon, lime, orange slices mandarin oranges, drained
2 ltr bottle ginger ale

Chill fruit juices and ginger ale.
To make a cinnamon syrup, simmer water, sugar and cinnamon for 10 minutes. Cool.
Before serving, combine cinnamon syrup, juices and ginger ale.
Add lime slices, orange slices, lemon slices and mandarin oranges w/ice.