Christmas Gongs

Christmas Gongs

THE GOOSE is loosening its belt another notch; we’ve already been subject to incessant festive muzak for weeks on end; and the annual cigar shindig in Canary Wharf has come and gone in whirl of whisky, awards, glamour and gladhanding. It must be Christmas.

Sautter Christmas Hours

Sautter Christmas Hours

Because we know you might need that perfect cigar for a last-minute celebration, here are our festive opening hours.

Santa Baby

Santa Baby

I’VE done it. I’ve put on a Christmas song. A rousing live version Come Home For Christmas by Bon Jovi – from the Very Special Christmas Live album – is the first drop of Christmas cheer I’ve allowed to seep into my consciousness this year.

Shopping List

Shopping List

There are a few things one must not forget in the mad scramble that the end of the year inevitably becomes. These include a healthy stock of booze if you’re likely to be entertaining; an emergency supply of Christmas cards, in case someone brings you one unexpectedly or has slipped off the list and appears last minute…

Christmas is Coming and The Goose is Getting Fat

Christmas is Coming and The Goose is Getting Fat

In true Laurence Davis style, though, he’s doing the exact opposite. In the last six months, El Jeffe has lost a massive amount of weight – something in excess of eight stone – and looks quite simply a different man.

Ho, Ho, Hope?

Ho, Ho, Hope?

Oh Lordy, it’s that time again. What on earth am I going to get the man or woman who has everything? Christmas comes but once a year, so they say, although it feels more like twice or thrice by the time December 25 finally rolls round, such is the brouhaha served up in the previous couple of months.

A Match Made in Heaven

A Match Made in Heaven

Christmas is the perfect time to meet your match. It’s a time of reflection and contemplation and the very pinnacle of cigar smoking enjoyment. Even Scrooge would look miserly if he moaned about your Christmas stogie.