How to Play Santa Claus Old Maid®
How to Win: Do not end up with the Scrooge Old Maid card at the end of the game.
How to Play: Choose a dealer. The dealer will shuffle the deck thoroughly and deal all cards, facedown, as equally as possible between all players until cards are gone. Players can look at and arrange the cards in their hands, but must not show them to other players.
Players remove all pairs (two polar bears, two angels, etc.) from their hands and place them on the game table in front of them. Starting with the dealer, and continuing in turn, players offer their cards to the player to the left, being careful not to show their cards. The player being offered cards then draws one card from the offering, and if this card makes a pair for that player, they may place the pair on the table in front of them. (Pairs cannot be taken by other players.) Play then passes to the next player on the left. Play continues until all cards have been paired. By the end of the game, only the Old Maid card will be left, and the player holding this card loses. All other players win.
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How to Play: Choose a dealer. The dealer will shuffle the deck thoroughly and deal all cards, facedown, as equally as possible between all players until cards are gone. Players can look at and arrange the cards in their hands, but must not show them to other players.
Players remove all pairs (two polar bears, two angels, etc.) from their hands and place them on the game table in front of them. Starting with the dealer, and continuing in turn, players offer their cards to the player to the left, being careful not to show their cards. The player being offered cards then draws one card from the offering, and if this card makes a pair for that player, they may place the pair on the table in front of them. (Pairs cannot be taken by other players.) Play then passes to the next player on the left. Play continues until all cards have been paired. By the end of the game, only the Old Maid card will be left, and the player holding this card loses. All other players win.
© 2023 Arizona GameCo. All rights reserved.