Singer Avril Lavigne, who is recovering from Lyme disease, says her illness has inspired to write a Christmas album.
The 30-year-old singer contracted the illness, which is caused by tick bites and causes pain in the sufferer's skin and joints and problems with the heart and nervous system, last October and was left bedridden for five months.
Lavigne is now "80 per cent" back to full health and insists the traumatic illness has given her a new focus in life, reported Female First.
"Moving forward, I'm really clear on what I want in life ... I've always wanted to make a Christmas album, but I've never had the time. But now it's like, 'You know what, just do it!'
"Because that's something I really want to do, so that's going to be next for me ... I really want to enjoy everything, because life is good. I think there are a lot of positives with it. I'm definitely choosing to view it that way," she said.
