Spread the cheer this holiday season! From NOAA Education to you, we're gifting NOAA-themed cards with an educational spin. Print the card collection, dive into educational resources, read our holiday gift-giving advice, and explore more holiday-themed content from across NOAA! Happy holidays — we wish you a safe and cozy holiday season.

Festive holiday cards

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An illustrated holiday card featuring a lopsided ocean buoy with a NOAA logo in choppy seas. Text: We hope you have a rockin’ holiday season! noaa.gov/education
We hope you have a rockin' holiday season

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Learn how buoys measure and monitor ocean data.

 

An illustrated holiday card featuring a mug with a NOAA logo that is full of hot chocolate and marshmallows. Text: Happy holidays! When can your hot chocolate predict the weather? When it’s muggy out! noaa.gov/education
When can your hot chocolate predict the weather?

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Go beyond your local weather forecast and learn about weather observations.

An illustrated holiday card featuring a polar bear wearing a scarf while walking in the snow. There is a NOAA logo in the corner of the card. Text: Wishing you a chill holiday season! noaa.gov/education
Wishing you a chill holiday season

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Explore life, weather, and climate at the poles.

An illustrated holiday card featuring a hermit crab with a shell decorated for the holidays including a wreath, red and white striped ribbon, and a Santa hat on top. There is a NOAA logo in the corner of the card. Text: Home for the holidays! noaa.gov/education
Home for the holidays

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If you’re home for the holidays, check out these great resources for education at home.

An illustrated holiday card featuring waves in the sea and a NOAA logo in the corner of the card. Text: We hope your holidays are swell! noaa.gov/education
We hope your holidays are swell

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Go with the flow and learn more about ocean currents.

An illustrated holiday card featuring three stingrays swimming in a column of light. There is a NOAA logo in the corner of the card. Text: May your rays be merry and bright! noaa.gov/education
May your rays be merry and bright

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Explore elasmobranchs: Learn about sharks, rays, and skates.

An illustrated holiday card featuring a satellite in space above the Earth and a NOAA logo in the corner of the card. Text: Hoping your holidays are out of this world! noaa.gov/education
Hoping your holidays are out of this world

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Find out how NOAA uses satellites to forecast the weather, study space weather, monitor conditions on Earth, and more!

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A gift wrapped in decorative floral fabric.
During the holidays: 50 ways to love your ocean and coasts

Find out how to make decorations reusable, what to wrap presents with, and more.

Winter hot drink: hot chocolate with marshmallows, cinnamon and anise. Christmas lights in the shape of houses as decor. Decorative snow, dark wooden background. Cozy home atmosphere.
This holiday season, give the gift of peace of mind

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Coral jewelry is the gift you don't want to give ... or get. Let's leave it in the reef.
Coral: The gift you don't want to give, or get

Why you should avoid purchasing real coral jewelry and products this holiday season.

NOAA season's greetings

An image of a crab with a graphically added Santa hat. The crab is building a snowman under the sea and there's a sign in the sand that reads, "Wishing you SNOW much fun this holiday season."
Holiday e-cards from the deep sea

Download your favorite holiday e-cards from NOAA Ocean Exploration!

A classroom aquarium is decorated with a chain of paper snowflakes. The snowflakes have turtle and fish cutouts.
Paper snowflake templates

Celebrate winter with four new paper snowflake templates from NOAA Fisheries!