National Card Playing Day is an annual event, observed every year on December 28.
National Card Playing Day on December 28th encourages us to invite our friends to deal out a hand and play a game or two.
In the 9th century, the Chinese began developing games using money and other paper objects. These early playing cards bear no resemblance to the sturdier European playing cards that emerged a few centuries later. Card games spread around the world in a variety of shapes and styles.
A standard pack of cards may be used for playing a variety of card games, with varying elements of skill and chance, some of which are played for money. Some of the top card games include Spades, Poker, Solitaire, Spite and Malice, Hearts, Spoons, Gin Rummy, Ridge, Black Jack and Texas Hold’em. Of course, there are thousands of card games, some of which are regional favorites.
HOW TO OBSERVE… #CardPlayingDay
What’s your favorite card game? There’s so many to play. Get playing and show your hand using #CardPlayingDay to post on social media.
Did You Know…
…that the earliest known records of playing cards exist from the 9th century during the Tang Dynasty in China?
