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Hey, everyone, it's The Wirecutter Show.

I'm Cairo Blackwell.

I'm Christine Sirclicette.

And I'm Rosie Garan, and we work at Wirecutter, the product recommendation site from the New York Times.

Each week, we bring you expert advice from our newsroom of 140 journalists who review

everyday products that will make your life better. This episode of The Wirecutter Show is called

Gifts for the Hard to Please. Christine, do you think you're a hard person to shop for? Oh, I'm totally a hard person to shop for. I'm a terrible person to shop for. I have so many strong opinions. I honestly get enraged when I get a gift that I don't like. That's funny. That's really funny. I actually have a reputation at work for throwing away things that I don't like.

Well, then this episode is for anyone who's ever had to buy Christine Sir Closette again.

I feel sorry for my kids when they're adults, and I'm going to be like that person they tell stories about.

They're going to call into this podcast, actually.

They're going to be like people calling into this podcast. Well, I ask this because if you've been into a CVS lately, you know, we're coming up on the holiday season, and it's time to think about ideally good gifts. So last week, we talked with Hannah Morrill, our gift editor here at Wirecutter, about some general rules to follow for gifting, particularly for affordable gifts. This week, we're going more advanced.

We're tackling gifts for the impossible to buy for people in your life. People like, gosh,

I don't know, Christine, who have everything they want, the bar is really high, you got to knock it out of the park.

Yeah. I mean, for me, it's like if I have all the

stuff I want, I need to be delighted by the things that people are going to give me. I know that's

a very privileged place to sit. The bar could never get any higher than that, though. That's the,

that's the hard part. There's so much pressure and you don't know what the rules are. And like, I don't know. I don't know about you, Christine, but I feel like if you get one good

gift one year, you have to continue topping it for the rest of your life.

Up and up and up and up. So today we'll build on the rules we talked about last week, the

rules of thumb, and we'll talk about finding good gifts for these impossible to buy for people

in our lives. The classic lineup, grandparents, dads, Christine,

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