Doctors, of course, disagreed. More doctors smoked Camels than any other cigarette! In a repeated survey, doctors all across the country, in all brances of medicine, were asked "what cigarette do you smoke, doctor?" And, not surprisingly, more doctors preferred the smooth rich taste of Camels.
Santa himself often smoked Murad Cigarettes, the Metrpolitan Standard, made with the finest Turkish tobacco. That product does not exist anymore, and Santa probably didn't survive the hippie era either. It's sad.
Still, what would the holidays be without fine tobacco? Perhaps it's time to revive an old tradition: the entire family sitting in front of the fire after dinner happily puffing away. Who cares that the heater in the garage is on the fritz, we're smoking inside this year! No need to send uncle Gunther out into the cold -- invite the old bugger inside where he belongs!
Let us all enjoy his sparkling grouchy wit.
PRINT ADVERTISEMENT CIRCA 1932
Those lovely Willem II figurados, what in Dutch we call a 'bolknak', are no longer available. In the late nineties the splendid office building on the Eindhovensche Weg was demolished, and the beloved brand sadly disappeared. The other main cigar factory in Valkenswaard, Hofnar NV, closed down in 1990. The era when fine cigars paved roads, provided running water and electricity, fuel for central heating, funds for schools, hopitals, and lodgements for the elderly, had come to an end.
It's cold outside. Let the old bastards in, you horrible puritans.
There are icicles on the edges of the compost heap.
A parade of frozen forest creatures.
Dead cats and dogs.
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