
There's a gloomy refrain heard every year around this time. It goes something like this: "I don't know what to get [insert person who is hard to shop for]," they say. "[Difficult person, probably a dad] already has everything."
I'd like to begin this year's gift guide with something that will delight the Catholic Reasoners: I have a confession. I, too, have invoked that sorry justification over the years when struggling to conjure suitable gift ideas. But it's an excuse that doesn't hold much water in an era of ever-increasing innovation, abundance, and weird, niche products that the difficult person in your life definitely doesn't have yet.