Christmas Gifts for Potus Geeks (and they're not books!)
It's December 4th, just three weeks until Christmas, and you're probably starting to think about what to get for the 
potus_geeks on your Christmas list. Or maybe you're just looking for a nice way to treat yourself and spend some of that Christmas cash from gifts you take back or gift cards you receive. Here are few ideas (recycled from a post in this community last December) suggesting five gifts for you to put under the tree for someone special this Christmas.
1. Presidents Pez Dispensers: Available from the Pez Company at this link, Pez makes its traditional dispensers with a series of the Presidents. That reminds me, series9 is out this year, and I must order one! Here is my collection. This is a great gift for the geek with a sense of humor, though I must warn you, it takes great restraint not to take them out of the package and start playing with them!
2. Presidents Dollar Coin Proofs from the US Mint: Every year I ask Santa to send me a set of the annual US Presidents Dollar proofs from the US mint. Every three months, a new Presidential Dollar is released, with the most recent one being Lyndon Johnson. (Here is an earlier post in this community about the program) and here is the link to purchase the proofs for the dollars released in 2015 (Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson). I hope this is waiting for me under the tree this year!
3. Presidents Life-Size Cutouts: Thanks to my Twitter friend Matt Barry for this idea. A website called HistoricalCutouts.com sells lifesize cardboard cutouts of Presidents. How would you like a six foot Abraham Lincoln, George W. Bush or Richard Nixon in your living room orpotus_geeks library? There are 66 different options and every president is available!
4. Zazzle: Go to www.zazzle.com and put "US Presidents" into the search engine, and you'll come up with a variety of Presidents on coffee mugs, t-shirts, campaign buttons, postcards, fridge magnets, posters, clocks, throw pillow, key chains, beer steins, mouse pads and other novelty items. Looking for something for that William Henry Harrison fan on your list? How about this great shirt?
5. Presidential DVDs: For the videophile on your list, may I suggest that you go to the April 2013 archives of this community, when our theme was Presidents in Movies, for a list of wonderful movies based on the lives of Presidents. If your gift recipient prefers something in the documentary fare, this link lists some of the great PBS documentaries about presidents.
Those are just a few ideas. I hope they help, and I hope I can get my significant other to read this post sometime before my next birthday.
potus_geeks on your Christmas list. Or maybe you're just looking for a nice way to treat yourself and spend some of that Christmas cash from gifts you take back or gift cards you receive. Here are few ideas (recycled from a post in this community last December) suggesting five gifts for you to put under the tree for someone special this Christmas.1. Presidents Pez Dispensers: Available from the Pez Company at this link, Pez makes its traditional dispensers with a series of the Presidents. That reminds me, series9 is out this year, and I must order one! Here is my collection. This is a great gift for the geek with a sense of humor, though I must warn you, it takes great restraint not to take them out of the package and start playing with them!
2. Presidents Dollar Coin Proofs from the US Mint: Every year I ask Santa to send me a set of the annual US Presidents Dollar proofs from the US mint. Every three months, a new Presidential Dollar is released, with the most recent one being Lyndon Johnson. (Here is an earlier post in this community about the program) and here is the link to purchase the proofs for the dollars released in 2015 (Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson). I hope this is waiting for me under the tree this year!
3. Presidents Life-Size Cutouts: Thanks to my Twitter friend Matt Barry for this idea. A website called HistoricalCutouts.com sells lifesize cardboard cutouts of Presidents. How would you like a six foot Abraham Lincoln, George W. Bush or Richard Nixon in your living room or
potus_geeks library? There are 66 different options and every president is available!4. Zazzle: Go to www.zazzle.com and put "US Presidents" into the search engine, and you'll come up with a variety of Presidents on coffee mugs, t-shirts, campaign buttons, postcards, fridge magnets, posters, clocks, throw pillow, key chains, beer steins, mouse pads and other novelty items. Looking for something for that William Henry Harrison fan on your list? How about this great shirt?
5. Presidential DVDs: For the videophile on your list, may I suggest that you go to the April 2013 archives of this community, when our theme was Presidents in Movies, for a list of wonderful movies based on the lives of Presidents. If your gift recipient prefers something in the documentary fare, this link lists some of the great PBS documentaries about presidents.
Those are just a few ideas. I hope they help, and I hope I can get my significant other to read this post sometime before my next birthday.