Sleep Survival Kit: 12 products to help you sleep well in the busiest of houses this holiday season
Get the sleep you need (and deserve) this Christmas with the ultimate sound-proofing, light-blocking, travel-friendly sleep kit
Excited about visiting your family this Christmas, but not so excited about trying to fall asleep in their noisy home, where nobody seems to remember to turn the hallway light off?
What you need is a Sleep Survival Kit, which is basically any travel-friendly kit of sleep products that can help you build a cozy, quiet, and dark sleep environment wherever you go.
If you want to build a sleep survival kit but not sure where to start, I've got you covered. Below, I've built a collection of travel-friendly sleep products that can help you sleep through rowdy Christmas tunes and the blinding lights of any over-the-top lawn display.
You'll find everything from light-blocking sleep masks (one of which is Bluetooth-controlled and plays sleep sounds), the best sleep headphones to drown out noises while room sharing, and a white noise machine that's cheaper than its Black Friday price.
I've also thrown in a cute microwaveable toy, woolly socks, and a hot water bottle... just in case it feels awkward to ask your aunt to crank up the thermostat.
So take a look at what items you want to add to your custom-made sleep survival kit, and remember: It can only help you survive bedtime, not your family's invasive personal questions at the dinner table.
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Frances Daniels is a PPA-accredited journalist and Sleep Staff Writer at Tom's Guide with an MA in Magazine Journalism from Cardiff University. Her role includes covering mattress and sleep news and writing sleep product reviews and buyer's guides, including our Best Hybrid Mattress 2025 guide. She is interested in the relationship between sleep and health, interviewing an array of experts to create in-depth articles about topics such as nutrition, sleep disorders, sleep hygiene, and mattress care. She is also our specialist on mattress toppers — producing bed topper reviews and taking care of our Best Mattress Toppers 2025 guide — and leads content relating to fiberglass-free beds for a non-toxic sleep. Outside of Tom's Guide, she has written for Ideal Home and Marie Claire.
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