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🎄 A Christmas Smoke, Exactly As It Should Be

If you’re reading this today, there’s a decent chance you’re doing it quietly.

Maybe you slipped outside for a minute. Perhaps the house is full, the TV’s loud, and you just needed air. Maybe there’s a glass in your hand, maybe there isn’t. Either way — welcome. This one’s meant to be read slowly.

Christmas Is a Big Cigar Day (But Not a Serious One)

Christmas is one of the most smoked days of the year, and yet it’s rarely about the cigar itself.

No one’s comparing wrapper oils or debating fermentation techniques out by the back steps. Tonight’s cigar is about the moment, not the notes.

That’s why this is not the day to overthink it.

The “Perfect” Christmas Cigar (Spoiler: You Already Own It)

The perfect Christmas cigar isn’t a unicorn release or a rare box code you’ve been saving.

It’s:

• the one you already have

• the one that fits the weather

• the one that fits the time you can steal

A mellow Connecticut while snow falls quietly.
A familiar Maduro you’ve smoked a dozen times before.
Something forgiving — because tonight is about comfort, not concentration.

Same Rules Apply to the Pour (Or Don’t)

Eggnog? Fine.
Bourbon? Perfect.
Rum? Underrated.
Coffee with a splash of something? Honestly, ideal.

Christmas doesn’t care about pairing rules.
It cares that you’re present.

The Best Smokes Are Usually Stolen

Here’s the secret most cigar folks learn eventually:

The best smokes aren’t planned. They’re stolen.

They happen:

• between courses

• after the dishes

• during a lull in conversation

They’re five minutes longer than they were supposed to be. The ash falls because you forgot to tap it — not because you were timing it.

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A Quick Word for New Smokers (and Tired Veterans)

If you’re new to cigars, tonight is a great night to keep it simple:

• Don’t rush

• Don’t relight aggressively

• If it goes out, that’s okay

So do conversations. So do evenings.

If you’re experienced, permit yourself to smoke without analyzing. Let the cigar be background music instead of the main act.

You’ve earned that.

One Last Thing

If you don’t get a smoke in at all today, that’s okay, too.

Cigars are about enjoyment, not obligation.
They wait patiently. Always have.

However you’re spending today — surrounded by noise, wrapped in quiet, or somewhere in between — Smoke Signals wishes you a calm moment, a warm draw, and a pause that feels like a gift.

Merry Christmas.
See you in the new year, with a fresh pour and plenty of stories left to tell.