My simple suggestion for a Christmas gift to a young person is a fountain pen with beautiful ink. Perhaps it is wishful thinking to believe that those who receive so much instant gratification on their devices would embrace this soulful yet slow instrument of beauty. But who knows? They might be struck by the wonder of it all.

This Christmas, the gift buyer faces a dilemma. The world changed a lot over the last few years. Everything speaks of disruption with broken supply chains and high inflation. However, the worse disruption is within minds, scrambled by COVID-induced insecurity and isolation. The disturbance has been especially rough on young people for whom I now offer gift suggestion advice.

My ideal gift for a young person would seek to lessen the effects of this disruption. I suggest something that instills certainty, cultivates beauty and breaks the isolation in the young YouTuber. The gift must be something reassuring and thoughtful, serious and not amusing. …

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