Christmas Cheer.
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Today is a great day for a pipe outside in Colorado Springs It is cool rainy and full thunder. So i decided to open a jar of Christmas Cheer 2008 now when I first bought this I opened it right away and did not like it. the tin aroma was of ketchup it was a flake the first I ever smoked and had no clue what to do with it. I found it hard to keep lit( mostly because i didn't rub it out.)and i burned my mouth. Today after three years in cellar... It was great I rubbed it out and packed it gently went outside sat out patio and smoked away it still had a little ketchup smell but I found it sweet and almost nutty it gave a wonderful full billowy smoke. Now I am hooked I just hope the 2011 I just ordered will be the same. I t breaks my heart that I did not buy more than 1 tin of 2008. Does any body else know what the other vintages are like or is this a aging tobacco?
Edit: Fixed Dose to Does. L
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Lawrence
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Never tried it.
I like my Christmas cheer to smell like Brandy, not catsup. 
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thanks for the edit.
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Back when I smoked on a more regular basis, I'd buy 3 tins of Christmas Cheer each year. I'd open one in 5 years, one in 10, and haven't made it to the 15 year mark yet with any. It's one of my favorite smokes, cracking that aged tin on Christmas eve, with a nice glass of scotch to go with it.
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I love the stuff and currently have 5 or 6 tins cellared, ranging from 2007 - 2010. I'm a big fan of McClelland's VAs and have grown to really enjoy the catsup tin aroma and sweet taste. If you like Christmas Cheer you will also enjoy Blackwoods Flake... 
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As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.
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I've got a half tin of Christmas Cheer 2000 left. Definitely not a sugar plum kind of blend but just straight, high end Virginia. The catsup smell has long went away leaving just well-aged flakes of Va. yummyness.
Phil
Beguiled by the exquisite Arcadia, the days and the years passed from me in delicate rings of smoke,
and I contentedly watched them sailing to the skies. - J.M. Barrie
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@ JC I will need to try Blackwoods. I do like McClelland's Darkstar a good smoke if there was ever one.
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I have smoked Christmas Cheer 2006 & 2007. I will be opening a tin of the 2008 this year. I love the 06 & 07. I buy a few tins of every year when they come out.
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When the People Fear the Government, There is Tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson
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@riptide....blackwoods.....cloud-9! 
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+1 Blackwoods. Just tried this a few weeks ago. Very nice. Will have to order a few more to cellar,
"The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected..."
-William Makepeace Thackeray, from The Social Pipe
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I have Xmas Cheer dating back to 2000, two tins of each. This year I will be opening a tin from 2001. After years of aging these tobaccos are spectacular!!!
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One of our sponsors has 2006; 2007; and 2008 in stock. And 2011 of course...
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Nobody does Virginia tobaccos like McClelland's... simply the best out there in my opinion!
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bogie
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Never had any of the christmas cheer at all. Reckon its time to get some.
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