Today is Advent Calendar Day! This date is so decreed by the supermarket chain Aldi, purveyor of popular advent calendars. Today shoppers can find their best-selling wine, beer, cheese, and chocolate advent calendars on the shelves. Advent calendars aren't just for Aldi shoppers, though. You don't have to get a traditional, edible advent calendar to count down the December days -- you can find something educational and fun that offers a unique treat each day.

For instance, this awesome advent calendar from The Crazy Scientist offers 24 cool science experiments to perform each day leading up to Christmas. The experiments can be performed in just a few minutes, and are suitable for youngsters aged 8 and older, or younger children with help and under supervision. When completed, the boxes from the calendar can be used as a board game, making the fun last even longer than the advent period.

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Several different viruses are featured in cartoon style in this graphic apparel design for virologists and anyone interested in the study of viruses. 

The family of viruses are each shown in a different color and captioned with their type. The viruses are: Influenza in green; Bacteriophage in purple; Herpes in blue; Hepatitis in yellow; Papillomavirus in teal; and HIV in pink. Each cartoon version is an exaggerated illustration of the virus as it would appear under magnification.

This funny virology t-shirt design looks great on baby blue as shown, or you can get this design on a variety of different light colored tops. You can also choose from unisex (shown) or cuts for youth or women.

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You may have seen the popular t-shirt design, based on a popular meme, that features NDGT gesturing along with the phrase "Y'all Need Science". 

Well this fun and officially licensed t-shirt spoofs the spoof with Neil deGrasse Tyson featured with a new phrase for our time: "Y'ALL NEED VACCINE". 

As an educator, Dr. deGrasse Tyson became eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in February, with his follow up dose coming in early March. Unfortunately some vaccine deniers may balk at getting the life-saving shot -- hence the wild gesture and bold statement. 

This funny pandemic t-shirt for science geeks would be a perfect gift idea for fans of Neil deGrasse Tyson and science in general. Are vaccine day gifts a thing? It's a time of celebration so I say they should be, and this would be on the top of our wish list.

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Do you know someone who works as a virologist who is also owned by a cat or cats? This cute t-shirt has a fun occupation / personal life mashup design.

Bold text on this tee reads "Virologist by day Cat lover by night" in bold black all caps text. The slogan is accompanied by several black silhouettes of cats in various positions. This darling graphic text and image virologist t-shirt is a perfect gift idea for someone who works as a virologist and has at least one feline family member.

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