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Ya know, I just realized something, there are more occurances of people getting into a twist about Christmas and whether or not it should be public this year than in any other year. Has anyone else noticed this, or am I just crazy (Don't answer that second part, please )?
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There was a similar surge about three years ago... Slate has an interesting article on the state of the debate and the S.C.'s rulings so far.
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Oh right. Three years...I was still inside the Mormon Mission bubble back then. Wouldn't have known a thing about it Posts: 3003 | Registered: Oct 2004
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One weird thing I noticed about Christmas this year was that all the stores seemed to be advertising home-gambling-style games in the spotlight.
I have never seen this be "trendy" before. Did something happen that I totally missed? (I certainly wouldn't be surprised.) Or was this something that was trendy decades ago and is now being rehashed like everything else?
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beverly, Poker is the "in" thing right now. Huh?? There are all poker stations, etc, and people have poker parties. i thinkit is freakishly weird, myself. But then I was thinking, hmm, is this another retro 70's thing? Because i remember when I was a kid, my parents always seemed to play pokr at parties.
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Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo network has become a Hot Thing. I don't know if it triggered or was in response to the wave. There are poker shows everywhere, now.
Recently, the trend was cigars. Connection?
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Connection? I think so. Next year it'll be those green visors.
From my perspective (the toy-store employee perspective), the big thing this year is visual/strategy games like Blokus.
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Also, the movie Rounders made poker popular again. Many of my friends and acquaintences play Texas hold 'em.
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Back in the 70s, when I was but a wee girl, my da tried teaching all us kids how to play poker. It was too complicated for my 5 year old brain. But I managed to pick up Blackjack no problem. And Canasta. But he hated it, cuz my sister and I used to whoop him and our older brothers when we partnered up.
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Actually, I believe the televising of the World Poker Tournament has a lot to do with the current poker craze.
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Why would anyone want tow atch people play poker? I got a survey about that and was like, nope, boring. Now, playing poker and winning a lot of money and then leaving early... Now that sounds appealing.
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