| We are all aware there are certain occasions in one's | | | | it's not Rudolph's nose but a lit cigar guiding the sleigh |
| life where lighting a cigar is as integral as breathing | | | | from rooftop to rooftop. Perhaps this is the reason he |
| itself. There are moments when it is expected | | | | is so jolly. |
| everyone on hand will have a cigar in hand, smoking | | | | |
| away in a puff of celebration. | | | | A Promotion |
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| While some people may smoke cigars during | | | | It nearly seems that those who get promoted are |
| infrequent occasions - a divorce, a lottery win, an early | | | | required to smoke cigars; it is as if their very promotion |
| release from prison - there is a set list of standard | | | | depends on it. Someone who can't seize the moment |
| occasions when a cigar is nearly required. | | | | by puffing on a Habano or a Montecristo may be |
| | | | asked to clean out their office then frisked to make |
| The Birth of a Child | | | | sure they aren't stealing any staplers or paper clips. |
| | | | The reason for this image is simple: cigars command |
| If cigars could talk, "It's a Boy," or "It's a Girl" would tea | | | | respect, as do those who smoke them. And, those are |
| party as their personal mantras. Everyone has the | | | | often the type of people businesses want climbing |
| picture in their head of the jolly, red-faced father hiding | | | | their corporate ladder. |
| in an unseen crevice of a smoke-free hospital, taking a | | | | |
| few quick drags. Cigars have become the epitome of | | | | A Wedding |
| celebration and cutting the head off a cigar upon the | | | | |
| birth of a child is often as monumental as cutting the | | | | Though a lot of brides won't smoke cigars during their |
| cord itself. | | | | wedding, with fear that they will get ash on their white |
| | | | dress, the father-of-the-bride is nearly required to light |
| Thanksgiving | | | | one. Unable to secure llamas or cattle, since the fad of |
| | | | arranged marriages has disintegrated, the dowry of |
| Some of the goals of Thanksgiving are to watch | | | | this century is a cigar and the father-of-the-bride |
| football, eat yourself into oblivion, and relax in a recliner, | | | | deserves to be rewarded one. He's celebrating his |
| a spot of drool hanging down your chin. It's a time of | | | | daughter's growing up, the addition of a son-in-law, and |
| gluttony and joy, where everyone is grateful for family, | | | | the low interest rate on the credit card he used to pay |
| friends, health, and not being born a turkey. After a | | | | for the wedding. |
| good meal, there is no better way to top it off than | | | | |
| with a good cigar. A good cigar gives you flavor, | | | | These are just a few examples of occasions when |
| closure from your feast, and another reason to be | | | | smoking a cigar enhances the moment. Any time a |
| grateful. | | | | moment is celebratory, a cigar should be included. It is |
| | | | as if cigars belong in the first aid kit for all the finer |
| Christmas Eve | | | | times of life. But, truth be told, the concept of "Cigar |
| | | | Occasions" can be oxymoronic; in the end, the best |
| Twas the night before Christmas and all through the | | | | way to smoke cigars is any way but |
| house, everyone was smoking, yes, even the mouse. | | | | occasionally.Jennifer Jordan is an editor and staff |
| Christmas Eve is another season of festivities, a time | | | | writer for At home in a design firm in Denver, |
| to enjoy the finer people and the finer things in life. | | | | Colorado, she writes articles specific to the finer things |
| Some even say that Santa himself is a cigar smoker; | | | | in life. |