This Christmas season is, well, somewhat of a stressful time. It's true for most everyone, but as anyone who works in the industry can probably attest, that stress seems to double when you work in retail. Our regular Monday and Thursday newsletters swell in size, phones ring off the hook as our amazing customers try to find gifts for themselves or their loved ones, and our shipping department is a frenzy as fresh pipes and tobaccos fly off shelves as fast as we can put them up.

We're a few weeks into Pokémon Go fever, and we here at Laudisi Enterprises have been no more immune to the zeitgeist than anyone else. Lunch time talk has turned to trading stories and, in the absence of a nearby gym or Pokéstop, trading tips on the best places to hunt in the area.

This past Sunday marked our annual company picnic. From what I'm led to believe it's usually a fairly large affair, but with this year being our fifteenth year of operation, it was an especially big occasion, with every employee, wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, child, and dog turning up.