To our beloved cigar community,

It is December 23. Tradition requires we air our grievances on this critical day. It is time for…

Festivus: Airing Of Grievances.

Well, we have many. You caused most of them.

Here is what the past year has looked like thanks to your enthusiasm, dedication, and complete inability to behave like normal adults with cigars.

• Lounges with strict seating charts.
• People announcing pre-light rituals like they are reading sacred texts.
• Cold draw reviews are happening online more than reviewing Shakespeare’s sonnets.
• Lighters leaving pockets, changing owners, and refusing to come home.
• Humidor overhauls at 1am with spreadsheets titled “Final Final Plan.”
• Dinner guests forced to hear “Is this plume?” while trying to eat.

Additional grievances include:

• You made group chats unreadable by sharing 147 photos of a single cigar ash timeline.
• You offered strangers notes on their cutter choice without being asked.
• You told your family that your cigar break counts as “holiday stress management.”
• You insisted everyone smell the foot and cold draw. People are still upset.

We also blame ourselves. Our coverage may have encouraged this behavior. Our occasional having fun just might have given you too much attitude to share your inner thoughts.

That is on us.

As is customary on this day, we pretend to promise change.

We will not deliver any changes…but we are mostly just here for the snacks.

Happy Festivus and warm grievances,

Fred Rewey and Thor Nielsen

CigarPress.com and Cigar Press Magazine