Christmas in NZ is a mid summer celebration. Imagine cricket on the beach, salads and barbecues. I didn’t understand the whole point of the holiday until I moved to the UK. Ostensibly it’s about the birth of Jesus but we all know that it was a celebration of the Winter solstice first. Right?. And it makes so much sense here. In the heart of winter we need to celebrate light; we need to welcome the coming of longer days. We need to look forward to festive meals; to time hunkering down with family; to small gifts to lift our spirits. If someone that you love lives with chronic pain then here’s a few ideas to get you started. To help you find a way to lift their spirits in the cold and the gloom that is winter.
We feel pain more and our joints are a little more creaky when we are cold. So here are a few gift ideas focused on keeping your loved one warm. These links go to UK websites and are really just to give you a flavour of all the cool stuff that's out there.
Heated throw
Christmas is often followed with a pain flare thanks to the extra emotional, mental and physical stress we go through at this time. These gifts all focus on resting and relaxing, and on assisting sleep.
My mother-in-law lives with persistent pain and my husband really likes to give her gadgets as gifts. I think he likes to feel that he is giving her a useful tool that she wouldn’t get herself. So here are just a few ideas and some neat accesibility websites that are worth looking at.
These are gifts that can be appreciated throughout the year. Frozen meals and smoothie kits are for when there isn't the energy or capacity to cook or eat.
Blue light glasses protect eyes from strain in front of screens (and have got more stylish); compression wear helps with joint pain; super soft fabric helps ease discomfort; fold away canes fit in a bag; grippy socks prevent slipping; and heated eye masks help you relax before sleep.
Comfortable Leisure Wear in DoubleSoft fabric
And that’s a springboard for your research into gifts for loved ones living with persistent pain. Though I’d totally understand if you wanted to give the gift of spoons.
Happy holidays my friend
xx
P
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