Holiday themed cigars - yay or nay?

DogRockets poll time!

So tonight I have set aside a Viaje Farmer Bill (gotta kill the turkey first) and a Viaje Stuffed Turkey Dark Meat for tomorrow. It got me thinking, how many of you enjoy holiday themed cigars? How many of you think its too gimmicky and pass on them?

We have various Candelas such as Alec Bradley Filthy Hooligan for St. Patrick's Day, CAO America (and many others) for patriotic holidays, Tat Monsters or Viaje Full Moon for Halloween, Viaje Holiday Blend or Candy Cane for Christmas. I'm sure this group could name many others.

I do find myself usually reaching for a holiday themed cigar. To me its something small that adds a bit more enjoyment to a holiday.

So, what say you bums?

I figure that I'm the turkey and the cigars are for enjoying. Don't need for someone to name a cigar for the holiday's. I think Hallmark has that base covered......

I buy into it. As long as it's a good smoke, I'm into it. Gives me a reason to set that one aside for a special occasion.

I think it can add a little to the occasion. It makes choosing which cigar to smoke a lot easier.
Although, I have found myself smoking these holiday themed cigars away from the intended holiday just because it was a good smoke.

I'd buy into this, but never really looked for any other than the "America" themed ones. Google, here I come. Still got time for Christmas. :snowman2:

I don't play into it as it just seems gimmicky to me. It's strikes me as kinda weird what is in a name. Holiday themed cigars really appeal to many and avoided by many, maybe due to the name.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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Originally Posted by omahaorange

I'd buy into this, but never really looked for any other than the "America" themed ones. Google, here I come. Still got time for Christmas. :snowman2:

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There are a lot! CAO puts out Christmas themed ones. The Rabid Reindeer is awesome if you're a maduro fan. They have a snowman and others as well. I think they released them all in a sampler this year. Also Viaje Holiday Blend I love. I'm not sure if they make the Candy Cane anymore. Or you can get a Gurkha. The rolls Royce of cigars is like giving yourself a Lexus for Christmas and putting one of those huge red bows on it.

No holiday themed cigars for me. I will pick something special from the tupper though, after dinner treat.




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While they usually are not the top of the line a nice mesium quality holiday themed cigar always is a win with me.

I don't get them for every holiday, but I like the idea of it and go for it when I can.

I'll have to say nay!
I've had a few and it was never on the holiday for which they were named.

Only ones I am guilty of going after are the Tat Monster Series but this was the first year I didn't grab a box

I picked up some of the Viaje Thanksgiving smokes this year but only because it was based on the Zombie blend. Heard the Stuffed Turkey was good so figured why not.

Didn't really care for the Candy Cane or Christmas Tree. It's all very gimmicky, I go on word of mouth.

I like maybe 20% of the monster blends.

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That's how new I am, didn't know they existed. Are they different blends or same cigar packaged different?

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I buy them but don't tend to smoke them on the intended holiday, mostly because I like to give them a rest in the coolerdor for a few months.

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That's how new I am, didn't know they existed. Are they different blends or same cigar packaged different?

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They are (to my knowledge all) unique cigars - not "regular" cigars with a special band

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I buy them but don't tend to smoke them on the intended holiday, mostly because I like to give them a rest in the coolerdor for a few months.

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I'm the same - for this reason I'm normally a year behind on smoking everything!

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Originally Posted by DogRockets

There are a lot! CAO puts out Christmas themed ones. The Rabid Reindeer is awesome if you're a maduro fan. They have a snowman and others as well. I think they released them all in a sampler this year. Also Viaje Holiday Blend I love. I'm not sure if they make the Candy Cane anymore. Or you can get a Gurkha. The rolls Royce of cigars is like giving yourself a Lexus for Christmas and putting one of those huge red bows on it.

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Thanks man! Narrows my search!

Unfortunately yes; I'm a sucker when it comes to holiday themed cigars. Currently deciding on my Christmas and New Years Eve sticks!

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They are (to my knowledge all) unique cigars - not "regular" cigars with a special band

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I'm the same - for this reason I'm normally a year behind on smoking everything!

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I know this was a necro'd thread - but I figured I'd chime in. I have come to believe that (at least the CAO) cigars ARE actually regular cigars many times, resized and repackaged for a "Holiday Release". Perhaps a slight tweaking of the blend to accommodate for the size change, but I recall hearing that certain CAOs were actually other popular CAOs, like with the Reindeer, Santa, Snowman stuff.

They can name any cigar they want with Holiday Names as long as there is a discount added to it. I wait for Holts to come out with their Opus and Anejo deals but a lot of times the deals have a caveat to increase sales like " Buy this and then add that and you get a discount on the whole package." Yeah, that's like buying a car with a CD package and then buying a year contract that sells you the best sounds of some musical group in China or Japan.

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I know this was a necro'd thread - but I figured I'd chime in. I have come to believe that (at least the CAO) cigars ARE actually regular cigars many times, resized and repackaged for a "Holiday Release". Perhaps a slight tweaking of the blend to accommodate for the size change, but I recall hearing that certain CAOs were actually other popular CAOs, like with the Reindeer, Santa, Snowman stuff.

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The Rabid Reindeer was a version of the Mx2 and the Sinister Sam is a version of America. Those two I know for sure.

For some reason, cigars that IMO have a gimmicky name, I avoid every time. I guess I am just getting to be a cranky old guy. Unless it starts with Fuente.😎

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For some reason, cigars that IMO have a gimmicky name, I avoid every time. I guess I am just getting to be a cranky old guy. Unless it starts with Fuente.😎

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Still looking for that opus Pussy juice huh?

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Still looking for that opus Pussy juice huh?

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How many ya got?😎 In all honesty I haven't bought cigars for at least 6 months except for a mandatory single at the local lounge and nothing intrigues me at this point. In the end they all taste like a cigar no matter what catchy name they decide to call it.

I've bought a sinister Sam, saved it for the fourth of July. Would do it again, but not something I really seek out to do. Kinda fun to add a holiday spin to it, and of course I know it's all marketing but so aren't most holidays anymore.