 Well, it's the holidays, which means it's time for me to do my annual vintage space holiday giveaway I have some amazing stuff for you guys this year and as you know, I like to do a holiday giveaway contest So let's take a quick look at what I have for you guys this year So up first we have a book the science of science fiction Which was actually written by a very dear friend of mine at Matt wood that I helped edit So I can verify that it is an awesome book. This is a great education book for kids about age I want to say like 8 to 12 ish. I think it really does a great job of going into like how Science has been influenced by science fiction and kind of where some of your favorite science fiction from movies has Like a reality in real life. So cloning Jurassic Park and belly the sheep It's really interesting There's great lessons to be learned here and like activities to help kids who are interested in science But maybe less hard science and kind of need a little bit of a gateway to get really excited about this stuff Fantastic book also available on Amazon I have two copies of these that I will be giving away to you guys Up next as has become a vintage space tradition. I have the year in space 2018 calendar I've had these before you guys have probably seen these but they're amazing calendars every month features like has a theme and features daily space facts and Anniversaries of missions both manned and unmanned, you know vintage space more modern space Great addition to any wall anybody who's a space fan or just kind of wants a little bit of space in their daily lives I have three of these calendars on offer So this would be a great addition to anybody who wants just a little bit of space and kind of a daily role for the next 365 days, I'm sure you guys will be excited by this one. I have one Lego women of NASA kit to give away This one actually did come donated from Lego and if you guys watched the live build that I did It's an awesome little kit to put together. It's pretty simple But you also get to learn a lot about some pretty incredible women in space history by putting this together This is actually a really incredible thing to have and for good measure I'm going to throw in one copy of my own book my first book breaking the chains of gravity Which is the story of spaceflight before NASA? It's looking at the roots of the space agency that we all know and love And of course if you guys do you want to pick this up for the holidays? I am selling signed copies on my website although all the links to everything are going to be in the description below You can also buy it on Amazon and in most local bookstores All right I want to do something a little bit different with the contest for the giveaway this year because I'm sure each and every one of You watching have a kid in your life who would love to get any of these So that could be a niece a nephew a son a daughter a younger cousin any Child in your life any young person in your life that you really want to give one of these things to I want you to write me a little like mini poem or mini story no no longer than about seven lines Let's not go crazy here Telling me who that person is what gift you want for them And why they are the most deserving young person in your life for the gift that you want Every one of these presents will come with the exception of the calendars because those are actually not coming directly from me The Lego kit and the books will be coming with a handwritten note from me to the young person in your life So really think about who what science and Sciencey young person you have or person in your life that you want to get excited about science And nominate them and tell me why you really want to get this kid in your life super excited about science And I will be picking people at totally random I know there's tons of you guys and there's only like six things for me to give away So I'll be picking at random for creativity and for style if you write a poem or an acoustic poem That'll be fun. So get creative with it and tell me why a young person in your life Is someone that you really want to give the gift of science to this holiday season? The contest will be open from now being when this video is posted until Monday night So I'll start looking through the comments on Tuesday, and I'll be picking at random and I'll send this stuff out next week And hopefully it will get to you in time for the holidays I can't control the post but we'll we'll fingers crossed and everyone loves a belated present anyways, so Start thinking who you want to give a year in space calendar to a copy of the science of science fiction to a women of Lego NASA kit or a copy of my book breaking the chains of gravity to let's let's get the kids in our lives Super excited about science this holiday season, and I wish you guys all the best going into the holidays