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  2. Christmas controversies - Wikipedia

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    Christmas controversies. A 1931 edition of the Soviet magazine Bezbozhnik, published by the League of Militant Atheists, depicting an Orthodox Christian priest being forbidden to take home a tree for the celebration of Christmastide, which was banned under the Marxist–Leninist doctrine of state atheism [1] Christmas is the celebration of the ...

  3. As-Nas - Wikipedia

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    As is the term for the 'ace' card. [2] Nas, in both Arabic and Persian, means 'people' or 'mankind'. [3] Hence As-Nas would refer to pack with aces and a series of people. The different figures show people from various social classes. Typically the designs of the cards are as follows, from highest to lowest: [4]

  4. Speculation (banking game) - Wikipedia

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    Speculation is a form of "mild domestic gambling game " that appeared in the late 18th century and was popular during the 19th century, but then disappeared. [1] Rules first appear in the 1800 English edition of Hoyle's Games Improved. [2] It is mentioned at times by Jane Austen, in Mansfield Park for example, and by Charles Dickens.

  5. Trade card - Wikipedia

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    Trade card. A trade card is a square or rectangular card that is small, but bigger than the modern visiting card, and is exchanged in social circles, that a business distributes to clients and potential customers, as a kind of business card. Trade cards first became popular at the end of the 17th century in Paris, Lyon and London.

  6. Commerce (card game) - Wikipedia

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    Commerce is an 18th-century gambling French card game akin to Thirty-one and perhaps ancestral to Whisky Poker and Stop the Bus. It aggregates a variety of games with the same game mechanics. Trade and Barter, the English equivalent, has the same combinations, but a different way of acquiring them. Trentuno, Trent-et-Uno, applies basically to ...

  7. Postcard - Wikipedia

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    Postcard. Postcard depicting people boarding a train at the Shawnee Depot in Colorado, late 1800s. A postcard or post card is a piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically rectangular, intended for writing and mailing without an envelope. Non-rectangular shapes may also be used but are rare.