Two years ago, south Florida-based retailer Smoke Inn introduced an advent calendar full of cigars from various manufacturers. This year, the Smoke Inn Advent Calendar is back, now joined by a sampler that has been created for Hanukkah.

It’s called the Hanukkah Holiday Box, a nine-count sampler. While there are eight nights of Hanukkah, a ninth cigar is included for the shamash candle, which is the candle used to light the other candles on the menorah. Smoke Inn is declining to list the cigars inside but says that they are “specially procured cigars not readily available.” Some of the cigars are past Smoke Inn exclusives, others are high-dollar limited editions, and at least one is exclusive to the Hanukkah Holiday Box.

Inside each box are nine cards, packed in individual envelopes that explain what the cigars are.

Like the Smoke Inn Advent Calendar, the Hanukkah Holiday Box features high-quality cardboard packaging. In this case, each of the nine cigars is packaged in boxes shaped like triangles or pentagons that are made to mimic the candles of the menorah.

When placed inside the larger box, the individual boxes form the Star of David.

Smoke Inn has listed the Hanukkah Holiday Box for $159. There were 500 boxes made for 2023.

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I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.