There is a debate raging among cigar and pipe aficionados as to whether Santa smokes a cigar or a pipe. That’s right–the world is being held in suspense over what the Man in Red prefers to smoke with. The debate has the country divided and the opposing parties are at odds grappling over the issue of pipe vs. cigar.
 
The pipe faction, encouraged by the poem “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” by Clement Moore, believes that Santa smokes “the stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, and the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.” The pro-pipe group remarks that Santa would be better off smoking a pipe. They submit the idea that if Santa were a cigar smoker, he would leave ashes and cigar butts in homes when he takes his breaks to eat all those cookies that are left out for him. They also insist that Santa stops for a cookie break every 3,000 miles, when he changes the reindeer harnesses and gives them some of the carrots that children leave out for them, and that he would have to leave at least some clues behind in the form of cigar ashes during these frequent stops.
 
The cigar faction reasons that Santa, being a practical yet sophisticated man, would definitely enjoy a good stogie. Imagine, they argue, the changing of reindeer harnesses while wielding a pipe! No, that image calls for a fine cigar like a Winston Churchill 10 or an Avo Domain 60. These are cigars designed for a workingman who is intent on getting the job done. Besides, they say, cigars are biodegradable and easy to stow away on a long sleigh ride.
 
My staff called the North Pole and interviewed elves that occupy key positions in Santa’s workshop and warehouses, but the findings were inconclusive. The elves agreed that only Santa and Mrs. Claus know what he prefers, though they did allude to the fact that Mrs. Claus shops online for purveyors of fine cigars and pipes.
 
The debate was finally resolved by a council of retired senior elves and Santa’s worldwide agents. They took a vote, and here was their conclusion: Santa smokes cigars while traveling the world south of Miami’s latitude point. Santa smokes pipes when he travels north, with a few exceptions: England, where he often smokes Churchill 10’s, and California, where he smokes anything he darn well pleases. So have a jolly holiday! Oh, and leave out some carrots for the reindeer.

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The right moment for the right cigar is a statement that brings to mind times when the stock market is flourishing. It also brings to mind times when the stock market is crashing miserably and it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work plotting out new pathways to survival, new pathways to prosperity.

The moment for the right cigar is FDR lighting up a stogie while planning how to rend America away from the chaos of the Depression in a dustbowl-plagued America of the 1930’s and 40’s.

The right moment for the right cigar is Winston Churchill working all hours of the day and night in his underground command headquarters in the London of the blitz.

The right moment for the right cigar is a soldier, a man or woman, who has just walked the gauntlet through a landmine in the field of battle and lived to tell the tale.

The right moment for the right cigar is a different kind of battle, when a producer has a hit after corralling writers, directors, actors and musicians, all of whom have lived their lives in artistic uncertainty, and now because of him, they have a secure future.

The right moment for the right cigar is the end of a championship game of billiards or poker. It’s also the end of a championship game of football, or baseball, or soccer, or basketball…and your side has just won.

The right moment for the right cigar is a revolution of any kind, whether you caused it, fought in it, or just escaped from it.

The right moment for the right cigar is when you realize the difference between pleasure and hedonism, and the difference between desire and necessity.

The right moment for the right cigar is when a lawsuit is over and you just won.

The right moment for the right cigar is when your little girl is crying because she’s been left out of playing with the older kids, she joins you on the back porch, you put the band from a fine cigar on her finger…and she smiles.

The right moment for the right cigar is when your teenaged son is escorted home by the police because he went to them and told them that he didn’t think he could drive safely.

The right moment for the right cigar is just after you attended the ceremony for your kid graduating from, or receiving honors for, any worthy endeavor.

Those are some of the right moments, and the right cigar for those moments may be obtained at purveyors of great cigars. So pick your moment…the right cigar awaits.

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