Christmas present ideas?

We all have hard-to-but-for people in our lives: people we want to honour with a present at Christmas. There are many places to buy things that are good for humanity (Oxfam, Save the Children, World Vision) but occasionally we have patients who mention their hard-to-buy-for relatives and have mentioned that so-and-so really needs an eye exam or new glasses or complains of blurred vision or is squinting in the sun or whatever. And I will put the 2 pieces of conversation together and suggest a voucher for eye care or eye wear for Christmas. In many cases, the recipient is mum or aunty, always thinking of others, never herself, and her frames are falling apart or she is using hobby glasses as he good pair broke (months ago) and she "hasn't got around to replacing them" yet - "After Christmas dear". So, giving her a voucher is a good idea to ensure that she has an eye exam, and a solution to her visual problems, without making her spend money she feels should be spent on someone else. We do one or two eyecare or eyewear vouchers each year, and I am sure other practices do the same. Just a thought - and if you haven't given your nearest and dearest your Christmas list yet, maybe putting an eyecare or eyewear voucher on it is a good idea.