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[IceWizard]

Wednesday 28 Dec 2016

Card Playing Day



The holiday season has come and gone, and the end of the year is in sight.

You know what you need to do now?

That’s right, you need to sit back and play out a few rounds of solitaire, or maybe get the family together for a night of Texas Hold’em, Slap Jack, or War. Whatever your pleasure, Card Playing Day is a chance to wind down from all the kerfluffle of the season by engaging in a card game or three.

History of Card Playing Day

Playing cards are thought to have first been introduced to the world in China before spreading across the globe to India, Persia, and ultimately every corner of this… sphere.

Ok, so that corner thing never has made sense, unless you’re talking about a rectangular playing card, which thankfully we are!

A whole pack of them in fact.

Playing cards have always been the last bastion of entertainment in inclement weather, and thus were a favorite of the winter holidays. After all, before the invention of television and electricity, what was one to do when you’d heard all of Uncle Joe’s story, and couldn’t possibly bring yourself to lay your eyes on another dog-eared novel?

That’s right, you play cards!

There are numerous games that exist in the world, hundreds from every culture imaginable. Some games are unique to a particular region, or at least distinct to it (Like Baccarat) or can be found in variations all over the world while clearly being recognizable (like poker).

Others still involve the use of playing boards as a utility in keeping track of points, such as cribbage.

Card Playing Day is an opportunity and excuse to return to this age old form of entertainment, and to spend a little time alone, or connecting with your family.

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December 28 Birthdays


Edgar Winter - 70



John Legend - 38



Stan Lee - 94



Denzel Washington - 62



Seth Meyers - 43



Woodrow Wilson - (1856-1924)



Gayle King - 62



Robin McGraw - 63






December 28th

2003: Pete Townshend revealed in an interview with a U.K. newspaper that he contemplated suicide after his arrest on charges of child pornography, which were dropped four months after his arrest.

1993: Mutt Lange, producer of albums such as AC/DC’s Highway to Hell and Back in Black and Def Leppard’s Pyromania and Hysteria married Shania Twain in Switzerland. The couple separated in 2008 and divorced in 2010.

1985: John Mellencamp peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Small Town” which was Mellencamp’s sixth top ten single in the U.S.

1975: Ted Nugent had a gun pulled on him by David Gelfer during a concert in Spokane, WA. Gelfer was charged with intimidating with a weapon.

1970: John Lennon released “Mother” which went on to reach number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.

1968: The three day Miami Pop Festival kicked off at the Gulfstream Race Track in Hallandale Beach, outside of Miami. Artists that appeared on the three day festival included Chuck Berry, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, Procol Harum, Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly, Canned Heat, Three Dog Night, The Turtles and the Grateful Dead.

1968: The Beatles reached number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart with their self-titled album, commonly referred to as “The White Album” for the first of nine non-consecutive weeks.

1968: The Doors released “Touch Me” which went on to peak at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and become their third Gold single.

1968: Led Zeppelin performed their first concert in Canada at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver supporting Vanilla Fudge.



Birthdays:

Edgar Winter born in 1946