# Are cigars okay out of a humidor if they're under your Christmas tree? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 26, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cigars-okay-out-of-a-humidor-if-theyre-under-your-christmas-tree/385627 "2006-12-26T16:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cigars-okay-out-of-a-humidor-if-theyre-under-your-christmas-tree/385627/21 "2006-12-28T17:36:00Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] It seems somebody should really do an Ask the Cigar Guy thread! Oh, all of this was for nothing, he got his brakes fixed and he’s on his way back tonight. But I’ll look really smart when I give them to him! Thanks all. [/QUOTE] Good to hear, and I hope he enjoys them. I’m curious too, so I’ll reiterate the question–what kind were they? An “Ask the Cigar Guy” thread? Well, I guess **Stratocaster** and I would be there promptly, and I know there are a few other Dopers who are into cigars as well. (I also enjoy my pipes and pipe tobaccos, so maybe there’s a similar idea.) Hmmm…? ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cigars-okay-out-of-a-humidor-if-theyre-under-your-christmas-tree/385627/22 "2006-12-28T21:29:09Z")
I’d love to see “Ask the Cigar Aficionados”, as well. If there’s one thing I like talking about, it’s cigars and humidors and meticulously fussing with them and obsessing over them to the point your wife wants to kill you. I’d definitely have a few questions and maybe a few answers for that thread. [QUOTE=Stratocaster] What brand? (And let us know if he likes 'em!) [/QUOTE] I also have a burning desire to know what kind they are. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cigars-okay-out-of-a-humidor-if-theyre-under-your-christmas-tree/385627/23 "2006-12-28T22:12:58Z")
[QUOTE=MrSquishy] I also have a burning desire to know what kind they are. [/QUOTE] Er, no pun intended. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cigars-okay-out-of-a-humidor-if-theyre-under-your-christmas-tree/385627/24 "2006-12-29T01:20:57Z")
Here’s a cigar tip, no extra charge. I just got done smoking a La Aroma De Cuba, a corona, and it was fantastic–again. It’s become my standby brand, in particular Churchills and robustos. This is a terrific and inexpensive smoke, if you like them toward the full-bodied end of the spectrum. Smoked it whilst drinking a couple of Mooseheads. All I needed was harem girls fanning me with palm fronds and the decadent enjoyment would have been complete. I smoked a CAO Brazilia Gol!–which is a thick robusto–this morning at the smoke shop, which is also one of my standard brands. A bit more expensive, but always a good smoke. A powerful cigar, burns evenly, beautiful dark wrapper. (I’m off this week, and I’m smoking more than usual. What the hell, I’m entitled. :)) As gifts this Christmas, I received a box of Macanudo Hyde Parks, which are robusto-ish. A nice, mild smoke, with a pretty complex flavor. Also received assorted La Aroma De Cubas (from someone who had heard me lauding them) and another bundle of assorted sticks from a smoking buddy. Anybody else get anything good? ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cigars-okay-out-of-a-humidor-if-theyre-under-your-christmas-tree/385627/25 "2006-12-29T01:26:36Z")
Just noticed / remembered this is in General Questions, or I would have refrained from the IMHO-ish post. Sorry, cigars “cloud” my judgment. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cigars-okay-out-of-a-humidor-if-theyre-under-your-christmas-tree/385627/26 "2006-12-29T01:39:47Z")
[QUOTE=Stratocaster] Anybody else get anything good? [/QUOTE] Pop over into CS in a few minutes. I’m going to start a “Let’s Talk Cigars” thread right now-- something I’ve been meaning to do for some time now! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cigars-okay-out-of-a-humidor-if-theyre-under-your-christmas-tree/385627/27 "2006-12-29T02:31:10Z")
They’re, I think, “Hoyo de Monterrey” Excaliburs, but the word “maduro” appears somewher in it. If it isn’t obvious, I know almost literally nothing about cigars. He says they’re great. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cigars-okay-out-of-a-humidor-if-theyre-under-your-christmas-tree/385627/28 "2006-12-29T17:24:09Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] They’re, I think, “Hoyo de Monterrey” Excaliburs, but the word “maduro” appears somewher in it. If it isn’t obvious, I know almost literally nothing about cigars. He says they’re great. [/QUOTE] Zsofia, I’m glad he’s enjoying them, and thanks for letting us know! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cigars-okay-out-of-a-humidor-if-theyre-under-your-christmas-tree/385627.md?page=1)