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February 21 Card Reading Day

February holidays

Today is the day you break out all those cards people have sent you and re-read them, smiling as you remember the intent behind the cards and those that sent them. (You did save them, didn’t you!?!) Greeting Cards were first sent in China (Wasn’t everything) and Valentine’s Day made them very popular starting even back in the 1400’s. Special postage stamps were designed in the 1840’s so that it was a little cheaper to send cards. It’s sort of a lost art these days with being able to send ecards and all, but at least the thought is still there.

How to celebrate – Break out your saved cards. Make sure to reply to all those sent cards. make up a list of people to send cards too.

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December 28th Card Playing Day

December holidays

I love to play cards. It’s a great challenge and a chance to talk with friends and family while entertaining yourself, and them at the same time. Out west, cards use to be a way to make a living. It was a very dangerous way, but if you got good enough you could do quite well. You can still do that, though the odds are a little more against you these days. But if nothing else, it’s a great way to pass time and enjoy people and have a little fun doing it!

How to celebrate – Play cards. Learn a new card game. Make up your own new card game.

September 1st World Letter Writing Day

September Holidays

Well in a world where we generally write text and emails, why not try doing something different and a little old school… write a letter. Do you even remember when you last got a letter from anyone, well I bet it’s been at least as long since anyone got a letter from you either. We just don;t write anymore and I get it, it is so easy to call or text why waste the time, but it can make someone feel special when they get a letter.

How to celebrate – Write a letter to someone. Start a pen-pal with someone unknown. Go back and read old letters you’ve saved.

December 28th Card Playing Day

December holidays

Playing cards is a great way to pass some time, either alone or with friends and family. Sometimes it’s not as much about playing cards as it is about the company you keep. There are so many card games to play, so many strategies that can be used and so many ways to play that no game ever comes out exactly the same. There are challenging games like Pinochle and Bridge, gambling games like poker, gathering games like Canasta and mindless games like Old Maid and War. Find some friends or family who like to play and form a regular card playing night, you won’t regret it!

How to celebrate – Find a card game you like to play. Make a party out of it with drinks and snacks. Invent a new card game that only you know the rules.

October 2nd World Card Making Day

October Holidays, Unboxing the Bizarre

With all the holidays coming up it would be a great day to start making greeting cards to send out to family and friends. Spend the day making cards and save yourself a ton of money from buying them or using those online services. Nothing wrong with those cards you buy or email, they are great too, but there is nothing like getting a homemade one that makes someone feel special that you cared enough to include them in your special occasions. You can make cards for all the holidays and birthdays and for just no reason at all. This day always falls on the first Saturday in October.

How to celebrate – Make some greeting cards. Figure out bizarre holidays you can send people cards for. Get your mailing list ready.

December 28th Card Playing Day

December holidays

Oh, the weather outside is frightful but playing cards inside is delightful… so if it’s snowing, break out the cards. Most of us know at least one card game we can play, a lot of us know a bunch of card games we can play and a few of us know too many card games we can play. Cards do help us pass time and they help us learn to concentrate and focus. It’s also a great time to talk 9over things that have happened and learn about family members and friends. The act of playing cards generally involves other people, though it doesn’t have to so it can equally be a time to think through things and on your mind.

How to celebrate – Get some friends together and play cards. List as many card games as you can without looking them up. If you are really bored, try stacking cards.

December 9th Christmas Card Day

December holidays

If you send out Christmas Cards it’s a good idea to send them out today so the people you send can get them before Christmas. The mailing of Christmas Cards has become a lost art, with e-cards the idea of buying cards and sending them snail mail seems almost as old as the day Sir Henry Cole first created the Christmas Card in 1843. The card was meant to tell people you were thinking of them during the holidays and wished them a happy time as they celebrated. Today we can send a card over the internet and have it arrive the same day we send it. So if that is your plan maybe you can wait a few more days.

How to celebrate – Make your Christmas Card list. Send out your Christmas Cards today. Remember the family photo!

October 3rd World Card Making Day

October Holidays

Remember back when Greeting Cards use to be sent by mail. Seeing one in your mailbox was always a joy. E-cards are really cool, you can have them animated and with music but they just aren’t quite the same. Those Christmas Cards with the family portrait, the birthday greetings with some silly picture or statement, or both. Well today promotes the idea of going back to those days by creating your own cards. Now I suppose you can do that online if you are some computer wiz but that ability is beyond most of us. So today, create your own card and send it out. You probably will surprise someone but make them very happy as well.

How to celebrate – Make your own greeting card. Make it a family project. Remember it’s not the quality of the art but the thought that matters.

February 21st Card Reading Day

February holidays

Remember back when the only way to get a card was through the mail or hand delivered for a special occasion? It was such a joy to receive a card from someone for the holidays, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, and sometimes… just for no reason at all. The world has changed, today email and digital cards are more popular and probably more practical. However, they don’t actually mean the same thing. You can’t put them up on your mantel or display them for others to see (well you can if you print them out or make them your desktop background). There is something special about getting a card from someone, it’s even better if it’s from someone you know.

How to celebrate – Send someone a card today. Go to the store and read through all the cards in the card section. Start writing your own cards.

December 28th Card Playing Day

December holidays

Now that the major part of the holidays are done it’s time to relax (although New Years is still yet to come). One of the best ways to relax, and still keep your mind busy, is to play cards (maybe not poker though). Playing cards is a fun way to pass the time and carry on conversations while not sitting around doing nothing. It can be challenging, somewhat exciting and always contains a bit of luck. Kids can spend hours playing cards, some games like slap jack and spoons can get a little noisy but if it happens to be snowing outside, or too cold to go out, it’s a good way to contain their energy. Cards also keep your mind sharp.

How to celebrate – Play a card game. Organize a Bridge tournament. Learn a new card game.