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Caroline Weaver is a small-business consultant and writes the newsletter Caroline Finds It. She previously owned and operated the stationery shop CW Pencil Enterprise. Anti Slip Strips

Caroline Weaver is a small-business consultant and writes the newsletter Caroline Finds It. She previously owned and operated the stationery shop CW Pencil Enterprise.

When I was a child in the early aughts, Christmas at my divorced dad’s house meant a stocking full of things he’d bought at Staples the day before. Fresh Post-its, mini-staplers, a pack of Pilot G2 pens — it was almost always the same each year. The thing is: My siblings and I loved it. Who isn’t satisfied by the pointy feeling of a brand-new marker or the novelty of a miniature item that’s still completely useful? I think fondly of those stockings at this time of year and have spent much of my adulthood hawking similarly utilitarian pleasures at my onetime stationery shop. What I’ve found is that as we become more and more dependent on technology-based work and communication, the more we appreciate and crave the analog version. For the self-proclaimed stationery nerds in your life, or the ones who don’t know it yet, I’ve got a list of stocking stuffers that are sure to delight and impress.

Step Grip Tape You haven’t tried a glitter pen until you’ve tried these. By “dual,” Pentel means they’re two-tone. The gel ink is one color, and the super-fine glitter is another, making your handwriting look dimensional and shiny yet still surprisingly legible. The best part is they’re satisfyingly inky and virtually clogproof.