Appropriate answers to awkward questions: a pen person’s field guide to holiday socializing.

“…and this is my friend with the pen collection!” “…sleigh bells ring, are you listening…” “She collects fountain pens, can you imagine that?” “Oh really? What kind of pens?” “…” Like ink stains, holiday parties happen to pen people. Deprived of the companionable silence of fellow nib-gazers, pen people turn into hard starters, struggling to …