“It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most serious actions.”

May your holiday season be all wrapped up with cheer and filled with celebration for the new year.

“I was worried that if Barbie was too glamorous, little girls wouldn’t be able to identify with her.”

Barbie creator Ruth Handler fashioned the Barbie doll after the German Bild Lilli doll released in 1955.

The oldest known dice were excavated at Iran’s Burnt City and thought to originate from mid-20th century BC.

“A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.”

In 1983, a group of divers in Buffalo, New York played Monopoly underwater for 1080 hours.

“It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans.”

“Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.”

Marbles were first mass-produced in Akron, Ohio in 1884 by Akron Toy Company.

The longest game of chess that is theoretically possible is of 5,949 moves

“Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.”