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Christmas Playing Cards

Published December 25, 2020 Updated December 09, 2022

Christmas Playing Cards published by Novelty Playing Cards, Syracuse, New York, 1986.

1986 Hong Kong USA Novelty Playing Cards Cartoon Humour

Christmas Playing Cards published by Novelty Playing Cards, Syracuse, New York, 1986. The twelve court cards, four aces and two jokers each contain comical cartoons relating to the Christmas season, and the four non-standard suit symbols are reindeer, snowmen, elves and christmas trees. See the Box

Christmas Playing Cards published by Novelty Playing Cards, Syracuse, New York, 1986 Christmas Playing Cards published by Novelty Playing Cards, Syracuse, New York, 1986 Christmas Playing Cards published by Novelty Playing Cards, Syracuse, New York, 1986

Above: Christmas Playing Cards published by Novelty Playing Cards, Syracuse, New York, 1986

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I have a copy of this deck, though the back of the cards matches the box cover rather than the red & green stripes shown in the image.


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