National Playing Card Day

Do you like to play cards?  Are you a card shark?  It’s National Playing Card Day so today’s the day to play a game of cards with a friend!

We have the four suits of hearts, spades, clubs and diamonds thanks to the French back in the 1400’s. After the War of the Roses in 1462 the cards and suits spread to England and later Germany. No one actually knows for certain who originally thought of them!

Today you can get a deck of 24 or the more common 52 cards.  According to bfsoftech.com these are the top five most popular card games:

1. Cribbage
2. 500 Rum (also called Rummy 500)
3. Poker
4. Solitaire
5. Hearts

You might also play Go Fish, Crazy Eights, War or Memory with younger or newer players.  These are always fun!

Part of the popularity of cards is the fact that you can take them anywhere.  They are also easy to set up and even though some require skill, you can just get lucky too. Don’t forget about magic tricks.  There are that entertain by doing magic with playing cards

If you want a budget friendly deck of cards that has been around a long time, you could try Bicycle brand cards.  The company has been making cards for over 130 years.  

Today, you can get them in all different brands like Back to the Future, Mythical or Tally-Ho.  So many fun times to be had by playing cards!!

Private Home Health Care hopes that this week you can find time to play whatever game of cards you enjoy.  Have a few laughs and relax!