Here’s a collection of holiday items relating to Darwin and evolution that I’ve posted over the last 5 years or so…
Two holiday card options from Blag Hag:
Paleontologist Thomas Holtz penned “The Twelve Days of Darwin” for Darwin Day in 2009, but it seems appropriate for this time of year, too.
Colin Purrington has a Darwin ornament you can print out and fold then hang on your holiday tree:
Tree from xkcd (a reader has pointed out that this cartoon is not about Darwin/evolution – I thought it was a phylogenetic Christmas tree – but rather a reference to mathematics – binary heap):
Some Darwin Santas:
Snowman evolution, from John Kerschbaum (via Jay Hosler):
Evolving tree:
Evolution of Santa:
The Heroes of Science ornament collection includes Darwin:
Atheist Christmas Cards has a few of Darwin:
And finally, you could always just take a Darwin fish and place it on your tree:
I absolutely have to have those Christmas cards! Fantastic!
I love this post! Thanks for sharing John Kershbaum’s evolving snowman. It remains one of my all time favorites. I have updated the original post on my blog that featured the cartoon. The new post contains a cartoon with copyright information on it. If possible, would you mind updating the image in this post with the new one? The new cartoon can be found here: http://www.jayhosler.com/jshblog/?p=913
Thanks!
Jay
I love the Christmas cards and I have to get my Daughter to print out the Darwin ornament.
Brilliant!
Love the clade diagram at the top… will have to order some of those for next year…
The snow man card is great. I need those! Although I do have a nit to pick: I’m not sure that the xkcd cartoon has anything to do with evolution or Darwin. That is a binary tree with a heap under it. It is a math/computer science reference, but hilarious nonetheless.
cincinatheist – Thanks for your comment, and your nit to pick. At first sight I thought it was a phylogenetic tree showing relationships among the ornaments and the presents. I did not know the “heap” reference.
I am going to leave the image though (but add a note) and your comment!
Darwin as Santa: http://popperfont.net/2012/12/19/sciencegeek-advent-calendar-extravaganza-day-19/