What to give a doctor for the New Year?

New Year can be an excellent excuse for presenting a gift, as this is a special holiday in which everyone is waiting for a miracle and fulfillment of desires. However, the question always arises of what to give the doctor for the New Year, especially if you do not have enough information about the person and his preferences.

It is not an easy task to choose a gift that would be original, and not too expensive, and sincere, and liked.

Often people make the same mistakes or simply follow the example of others. Therefore, often all as one give one and the same. Let's figure out what is best not to give to the doctor.

• Sweets and chocolates. For the whole year, patients give a lot of sweets to doctors and nurses, and then, as a rule, they donate them to someone else. Therefore, it is already banal and uninteresting to holes.
• Coffee and tea. The same can be said for tea or coffee. Patients often choose such a gift kit. It’s better not to repeat it. If nothing else comes to mind, you can search for something from the same category, but exclusive. For example, expensive coffee beans of the highest grades or exotic Chinese tea.

If you think a little, you can choose something more healthy and original for a gift to a physician. In addition, the gift should be modern and interesting, so that a person really liked it and he enjoyed using it.

Since the New Year begins, the doctor will need a calendar. Now there is a wide variety of calendars, you can find very unusual calendars.Look specifically for the calendar with the Chinese symbol of the year, and you can also make it to order, insert photos of the doctor there, highlight the date of his birthday, Medic's Day and Doctor's Day of his specialization. Unusual and reusable will be a gift in the form of perennial or “eternal” calendar. The calendar can be wall or desktop.

In addition, the following items are suitable for a gift.

• Notepad, diary or organizer. A doctor always has to write a lot: job details, patient data, conference dates, and so on. Therefore, a notebook or diary can be a good and useful gift for him. Perhaps the best option would be to opt for an organizer, as it has more functions than a diary, and allows you to adjust the sections of entries to your liking. Such a gift can be in a leather cover or a cover made of high quality leatherette.

• Folder for documents. Doctors always have a lot of documents, brochures, magazines, newsletters. Therefore, as a gift you can buy a folder for documents made of genuine leather. Such folders are very convenient to use and durable. The doctor can put there not only documents, but also his diary or organizer, pens, glasses and a phone. Quite a useful thing.

• A pen. This thing is always needed by a doctor. A good gift can be a high-quality pen, for example, the famous Parker brand. You can make an engraving of the doctor’s initials (or some short wish) on a pen under the order - so it will become more unique.

• Book. Everyone knows the expression that the book is the best gift. You can give your doctor a book on a medical topic according to his specialization (for example, a reference book), but there is a risk to donate what is already available. It is better to try to look for a book that he might have mentioned and would like to buy, but there was no way to find it. Or choose a gift copy on another topic that he will certainly be interested in.

• Table set. For the same reason that the doctor has to write and draw up medical documents a lot, it will be very convenient for him to use a desk-based writing set. You can buy a ready-made set made of natural wood or marble, or order from a master. Marble desktop set can be a solid New Year's gift to the head doctor, chief of staff or other senior employee of a medical institution.

This section may include everything that has medical symbolic meaning or relates to the theme of the year. As a rule (and this has already become a tradition), gifts with the symbol of the Chinese New Year are chosen. These gifts may be:

• piggy bank;
• trinket;
• statuette;
• badge or brooch.

Dishes can be a good gift. It is appropriate not only for women, but also for men.

• Cup. You might think that this is a banal gift, but if you order a mug with a pattern that appears when hot water or drinks are poured, this gift will be unusual. Moreover, to order you can choose drawings, inscriptions or photographs for every taste. You can insert a photo of the doctor, his favorite phrase or describe his merits.
• Kettle. If the doctor prefers to drink tea and likes to brew it in a ceramic teapot, then you can make a choice in favor of such a gift. It will be easy to find a quality teapot in the Russian traditional Gzhel style. If the doctor is not such an esthete, then you can give a high-quality electric kettle for boiling water.
• Set of dishes. More suitable for a female doctor. But if this set is made of black, gray, dark blue porcelain or glass, then you can give it to a man.

These gifts include:

• Clock. They can be hand, wall or desktop. Now a very wide selection of different watches. You can pick up unusual and very original watches.
• Painting or portrait. A beautiful picture with a landscape as a gift can look very attractive and aesthetically pleasing. Or you can order a portrait of a doctor from a professional. Such portraits are now made from photographs and in different styles, for example, pop art.
• Frame. It can be a good present for a doctor. You can buy it to order or decorate a simple frame yourself. There are frames of different sizes and shapes, for example, in the form of a Christmas tree. An interesting gift can be an electronic photo frame. It uploads several digital photos at once. There is a large selection of such photo frames on sale.
• Souvenir thermometer. A good gift for a medic is a souvenir thermometer. They come in different sizes and variations, wall or desktop. One of the most original souvenir thermometers is the Galileo thermometer. It looks very unusual and pleasing to the eye. Or you can give a desktop weather station. Such a gift is suitable for the ENT specialist, and for the gynecologist, and for any other physician.
• Lamp. Originally buy a lamp to order. Now there are people who are engaged in the manufacture of lamps made of polymer clay or plexiglass. These lighting fixtures look very creative and beautiful. Here there is where to go for a fantasy. And you can buy such an unusual instance as a lava lamp (they are also called “lava lamps”).

We live in a world where people use electronic and digital technologies. Now almost all clinics and hospitals have switched to using computers. There are some attributes for a computer or mobile phone, which are quite suitable as a gift for a doctor.

• Flash drive. Such a gift is necessary for everyone. You can find a flash drive with a large amount of memory. You can also buy a flash drive in a classic style or in the form of a fancy figure. For example, give a pediatrician a flash drive in the form of a cartoon character. There are very original copies, including New Year's ones.
• PC mouse. There are designer mice made in various subjects. There are also medical ones, for example, in the shape of a heart (a gift to a cardiologist or therapist). There are mice with prints, among which it is easy to choose the right images.
• Mousepad. You can find a large selection of computer mouse pads. There is even a print in the form of a real carpet. Original and with humor. You can order a rug with a picture on a medical theme, with the symbol of the New Year or a comic inscription (just choose a joke carefully so as not to offend a person).
• Portable accumulator. A very good and necessary thing. If the doctor forgot at home the wired charging for the phone, then a portable charging battery can save him. They can also look different: in a classic form or in the form of a smiley or a skull with glasses, such as an external Powerbank 8800mAH battery.

• Food basket. A very fashionable and original gift is now considered food bouquets. Such a bouquet can be collected independently, but can be ordered. They are suitable for both women and men (depending on what they fill). The composition of the bouquet uses fruits, vegetables, cheeses, sausages, dried fish, drinks. You can find different packaging colors for the bouquet in female or male style. This option of gratitude may appeal to both the attending physician and the nurse who helped him.
• Gift basket. They can not only contain products, but also cosmetics. They can be filled as you wish. It’s better not just to present such gift baskets in a basket, as it is, but to design them in the New Year’s style: make tinsel, place a toy in the form of a symbol of the year on the handle on the side, and put fir branches decorated with Christmas balls inside.

Give gifts with pleasure and soul. Let it be pleasant for both doctors and you.

See the video below for Christmas gift etiquette.