For as long as there have been florists and card shops, February 14th has been called Valentine's Day in order to boost sales of flowers and cards during a slump in the card selling calendar. One section of society has long since come to hate this da...
Every student, at universities across the country, will be given a Christmas card under a scheme to make them feel more welcome on campus. In order to qualify, students will have to attend at least one lecture before terms ends in mid-December.
In...
Annapolis MD: The governing board of the American Pinochle Association (APA) has proposed updating this old French card game to encompass the 21st Century concept of same sex marriage.
A Pinochle deck of 48 cards consists of two copies for each o...
Traditionally on Father's Day, there is one subset of Father's who do not joyfully open up a card that tells them that for one day they can be the boss before handing the title back to their wife, nor do they get a little present of beer, beans or be...
High Street card shops have hailed the National Stalker and Harassment Day a great success, with millions of cards sold nationwide.
"We're really glad that the government have come up with this new day to accompany Mother's Day, Grandparent's Day,...
Greetings cards have been shared between people for thousands of years. Archeologists believe that the first greetings card was sent by ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep to his cat Mrs Whiskers, in the 13th century BC.
Since then, the greetings c...
CHICAGO - The leader in the bubblegum trading card industry has decided that it will honor the request of its thousands of card buying customers and fans and remove all Osama Bin Laden Bubblegum Trading Cards from their store displays.
A spokesper...
Soccer's President Sepp Blatter has announced that starting from next year referees will be issued with additional cards to the current yellows and reds.
Two additional cards, a green and a white, will be needed because of the new 'sin-bin' rule...
NEW YORK CITY - Chew This, the bubble gum trading card company that will be producing the new Justin Bieber Bubble Gum Trading Cards has already had advance orders of 10 million cards.
Company spokesperson Broussard T. Winniefelt stated that the s...
Bedbug sniffing dogs, during a routine search of the Zawahee Shipping Company warehouse in New Jersey, discovered a shipment of multi-colored greeting card envelopes, destined for the Al Ahamaamad Printing Company. The envelopes were embedded with be...
The introduction of a new playing card to standard decks is creating a furor among card players, casino owners, psychics, gypsies, 3-car monty dealers and kids with bicycles.
Introduced last week without fan fare, the new card, marked with the let...
Donald McGill is famed across the length of breadth and Britain for his saucy seaside postcards, but few know that he was born on the Isle of Wight and lived her for seventy of his sixty-four years.
Now a permanent museum in Newport will house a c...
P.M. Wortham engaged the world's best Euchre players this past weekend in an epic charity card playing event. Though coming short on the overall points victory, Wortham's good looks and engaging personality were enough of a draw to be featured in th...
With the Book of World's Records in attendance, P.M. Wortham, semi-famous hack spoof writer, will join thousands of others in an attempt to break the record for the world's largest Euchre tournament.
Held in the Detroit area this coming weekend an...
Philadelphia, PA-- A lonely South Philadelphia man married the Queen of Hearts in a civil ceremony at City Hall yesterday. Mayor Nutter married the happy couple himself. Antony Rigatoni, 53, says he fell in love with his Queen many years ago while...
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is in hiding after losing big in a game of high stakes poker.
The flamboyant head of state lost out in what he called a "freak of nature" - after putting the deeds to Italy in the pot.
Gambling experts s...
The local greeting card shop 'Birthmark' has opened a new section of 'alternative' cards designed for those usually awkward to cater for situations.
Customers can purchase cards celebrating divorce anniversaries with friendly greetings such as "Fu...
Greeting Cards maker Mallhark have decided to create a new day in honour and blessing of the miraculously wonderful Jade Goody. The cards, recycled from magazines such as Now!, Look! and Wowzers!, are likely to be on sale within the next few weeks.