Christmas season has come again, and for the second year in a row General Cigar Co. has released special holiday themed line extensions, this time targeting the CAO Gold and CAO Mx2 blends. Last year, it used the La Traviata blend and released Angry Santa and Evil Snowman, which was then followed up with the Sinister Sam, a cigar based on the CAO America blend and released for the Fourth of July holiday. This year for Christmas the cigars are the CAO Gold Nasty Nutcracker, which Brooks Whittington reviewed a few days ago and the CAO Mx2 Rabid Reindeer, which I will be taking a look at today. The Rabid Reindeer is based off the Mx2 blend, with General Cigar having added Honduran and Nicaraguan ligeros in order to bump up the strength a bit to match it’s name just a little bit better. All five of these releases have some very interesting artwork on the bands, all featuring fairly dark and slightly demented characters. Here are details for this series so far: CAO La Traviata Angry Santa (6 1/2 x 52) — Nov. 5, 2013 — 1,500 Boxes of 14 Cigars (21,000 Total Cigars) CAO La Traviata Maduro Evil ...
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