Spread the cheer this holiday season with NOAA-themed cards that have an educational spin! Print the card collection, dive into educational resources, and explore more holiday-themed content from across NOAA! Happy holidays — we wish you a safe and cozy holiday season.

Festive holiday cards

Want to print the whole collection? Download our printable holiday cards (3.6 MB).

An illustrated holiday card featuring a calendar flipped to December, with the date of December 1st marked with an "X." The art on the calendar depicts a National Weather Service office covered in snow. There is a NOAA logo in the corner of the card. Text: Happy meteorological winter! noaa.gov/education
Happy meteorological winter

Northern Hemisphere: Card (3.7 MB) | High resolution print (10.6 MB) 
Southern Hemisphere: Card (3.6 MB) | High resolution print (10.6 MB)

Learn more about the changing seasons.
Explore more resources on seasonal changes.

An illustrated holiday card featuring an ocean buoy with a NOAA logo on it floating lopsided as if rocking in choppy waters. There is a NOAA logo in the corner of the card. Text: We hope you have a rockin’ holiday season! noaa.gov/education
We hope you have a rockin' holiday season

Card (0.4 MB) | High resolution print
(7.6 MB) | Virtual background 
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Learn from real-time buoy data around the globe.
Explore more resources on buoys.

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

Card (0.5 MB) | High resolution print (7.6 MB) | Virtual background (0.8 MB)

Check out this year’s U.S. winter outlook. 
Explore more resources on weather observations.

An illustrated holiday card featuring waves in the sea. There is a NOAA logo in the corner of the card, and the text is distorted to look like it is following the swell of the waves. Text: We hope your holidays are swell! noaa.gov/education
We hope your holidays are swell

Card (0.4 MB) | High resolution print (7.6 MB) | Virtual background (0.5 MB)

Go with the flow and learn more about ocean currents.
Explore more resources on ocean currents.

An illustrated holiday card featuring a satellite in space orbiting a solar eclipse. There is 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

Card (0.5 MB) | High resolution print (7.6 MB) | Virtual background (0.9 MB)

Prepare for the total solar eclipse in 2024.
Explore more resources on space weather.

An illustrated holiday card featuring a hermit crab with a shell decorated for the holidays including a wreath, 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

Card (0.4 MB) | High resolution print (7.6 MB) | Virtual background (0.5 MB)

Staying home? Check out these fun activities.
Explore more hands-on activities.

An illustrated holiday card featuring a sleigh with a sea snail in it that is being pulled by several seahorses over a coral reef. The front seahorse has a glowing red nose. There is a NOAA logo in the corner of the card. Text: Happy Holidays. noaa.gov/education
Happy holidays

Card (0.8 MB) | High resolution print (7.6 MB) | Virtual background (1.3 MB)

Learn more about diverse coral reef ecosystems.
Explore more resources on corals.

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

Card (0.4 MB) | High resolution print (7.6 MB) | Virtual background (0.6 MB)

Print and hang this protected sharks and rays poster.
Explore more resources on sharks, rays, and skates.

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

Card (0.3 MB) | High resolution print (7.6 MB) | Virtual background (0.5 MB)

Get to know these animals of the Arctic.
Explore more resources on polar climates.

More from across NOAA

Festive cards and printables

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 blue graphic with snowflake patterns and text that reads: Paper snowflake templates
Paper snowflake templates

Celebrate winter with these downloadable and printable snowflake templates from NOAA Fisheries!

Winter science fun

Learn about density by making a fancy layered hot cocoa or find out the "secc-tea" depth of your perfect up of tea with our oceanography in a mug activities. Two mugs are placed on a kitchen counter. One mug has the NOAA logo on it and a miniature secchi disk is suspended above it. (The secchi disk is made of a white disk with black on opposite quarters. It is hanging from a string that has markings every centimeter.) The other mug is made of clear glass, and it contains hot cocoa topped with a layer of
Oceanography in a mug

Lessons in physics and chemistry from your favorite winter drinks.

Droplets of water have formed on the clear lid of a container of leftovers. Larger droplets form the shape of the NOAA logo.
Cooking up a storm: Atmospheric science in your kitchen

Your kitchen has all the ingredients — air, water, and heat — to cook up a perfect scientific storm.

What to give (and not give!) this holiday season

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

Are any of these items on your shopping list?

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.

Four holiday gifts are neatly assorted on the ground, wrapped in holiday patterned cloth instead of wrapping paper.
Creative ways to reduce waste this holiday season

The NOAA Marine Debris Program shares how to reduce waste and bring holiday cheer into your home.

A garland made out of dried oranges, cranberries, and eucalyptus hung on a stairway banister.
Zero waste gifts and gift wrapping

If gift wrapping is part of your holiday traditions, check out our tips below for choosing and wrapping presents that won’t pollute!