Gifts for Cat People Who Are Sick of Cat Merch

There is a ceiling on cat merchandise. After the mug, the socks, the tote bag and the calendar, the next purchase is always slightly worse than the last.

The way out is not more cat objects. It is a cat that is doing something specific.

The one that is avoiding its feelings

Not Today, The Feelings Are Huge is a black cat lounging on an orange sofa with wine, melting desserts, a small skeleton and a box labelled Meltdown Kit. Its full title is Professional Feelings Avoider, and the framed certificate on the wall behind it is awarded for outstanding achievement in emotional postponement.

It is a cat painting, but it is really a painting about a person, which is why it works as a gift for someone who is both a cat person and tired of cat things.

Hand-signed print 35 euro, wall art from 22,95 euro, download 9,90 euro.

The one that ate the words

Cat Got Your Tongue? takes the idiom literally. Good for anyone who goes non-verbal when overwhelmed, and good for anyone who just likes a slightly unsettling joke.

The one that is a machine

Cat Acquisition Unit 78 is for the person who did not plan to have three cats and has three cats.

Free and useful

The Professional Feelings Avoider coloring page costs nothing and is a decent addition to a card, especially for a kid in the household who also likes cats.

Budget summary

Under 10 euro: download. Around 25 euro: wall art. 35 euro: hand-signed 21 x 21 cm print, which is the version that feels like a present rather than a poster. Several hundred: the original, of which there is exactly one.

More Christmas gift ideas

All my gift guides live in one place on the gift guide page. For Christmas in particular: pastel goth Christmas gifts, gifts for goth friends, Secret Santa gifts under 20 euro and gifts for people with weird humour.