Cigars and Christmas

(National Cigar History Museum) Cigars appear to have been the first widely available commercial product to create special packaging for the holidays. By late summer, label companies deluged cigar factories and wholesalers with labels, flaps, and edging designed for boxes to sell during the holiday season. The earliest known Christmas cigar boxes date from the 1860’s and by the 1880’s a shopper would have hundreds of brands, prices and package designs from which to choose. Continued

Photo: ANTONIO Y CLEOPATRA Clear Havanas made by American Tobacco. This full sealed box of domestically made Havanas is for sale to help fund NCM projects. $400.