San Jose State Spartans x Grateful Dead Ornament Advent Calendar 2025 NCAA Football Dancing Bear Skull Lightning Bolt Guitar Exclusive Holiday Gift

San Jose State Spartans x Grateful Dead Ornament Advent Calendar 2025 NCAA Football Dancing Bear Skull Lightning Bolt Guitar Exclusive Holiday Gift

The San Jose State Spartans x Grateful Dead Ornament Advent Calendar 2025 celebrates an extraordinary cultural convergence between the Mountain West Conference football program and the legendary rock band that first performed under their iconic name just blocks from the Spartans’ campus during the historic 1965 San Jose Acid Test, creating a deeply meaningful holiday collectible that honors both local sports tradition and rock ‘n’ roll history. This exclusive 24-ornament advent calendar features the Spartans’ distinctive blue and gold football helmet designs interwoven with the Grateful Dead’s signature Dancing Bears, Steal Your Face skull iconography, and lightning bolt guitar motifs celebrating the band’s 60th anniversary, creating a perfect countdown to Christmas for fans who appreciate both the Spartans’ competitive spirit at CEFCU Stadium in San Jose, California, and the psychedelic jam band legacy that began in the South Bay Area. The 2025 Spartans season under head coach Ken Niumatalolo showcases a 3-8 record with memorable victories including a 45-38 triumph over Hawaii at the Dick Tomey Legacy Game on November 1 and a thrilling 31-28 win against Idaho, while preparing for their season finale rivalry game against Fresno State in the Battle for the Valley on November 29, demonstrating the program’s resilience in NCAA Division I FBS competition. This collaboration carries profound local significance as Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Pigpen McKernan, and Bill Kreutzmann played folk clubs around the SJSU campus in the early 1960s before performing their first show as the Grateful Dead on December 4, 1965, at a venue now marked by San Jose City Hall just two blocks from the university, with the San Jose City Council unanimously approving a commemorative plaque in 2025 to honor this pivotal moment in music history. Each daily ornament reveal merges the Spartans’ proud football heritage—including their historic 2020 Mountain West Conference championship victory over Boise State—with the Grateful Dead’s transformative cultural influence spanning “Truckin’,” “Touch of Grey,” and six decades of improvisational excellence, making this advent calendar an essential holiday treasure for Bay Area sports enthusiasts and deadheads who celebrate the intersection of college football tradition and the birthplace of Northern California’s legendary rock scene.

Product Details:

• Material: outer box made of paper with an inner plastic tray; includes 24 items made of acrylic mica, and all 24 items can be customized as desired.
• Two types: perforated version with die cut dotted lines on the box; non perforated version with printed dotted lines only.
• Box paper.
• 24 inner items mica (3cm x 3cm).
• For all ages.

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