I often wonder if these holiday pipe editions are money makers for the brands, but clearly this one is a home run, rusticated or not. I think they got the theme about right, so the pipes can be smoked any season but still have that band to make them specific to the holiday.
As mentioned before, I have my St. Pat's Day pipe in the form of the Peterson Around the World series with different shapes representing four or five different nations. The one I bought is the Irish pipe, a red stain bulldog, slightly bent, with a thick nickel band with a Celtic cross. It's one pipe for one holiday for me.