Babies in stockings

Newborn babies on M5 received a special gift on Christmas eve day from Sunnybrook veterans, Jean Chevrier and Michael Boyer. The veterans arrived with forty (40) hand-made Christmas stockings specially created for newborn babies (and their families) who are born at Christmas time, as part of an art therapy program.

Each stocking is unique and one-of-a-kind, with a small tag sewn inside containing the words, “decorated by a Sunnybrook Veteran.” The stockings are a special remembrance and ensure that each newborn will “never forget” their birthplace and who their first Christmas gift was from. “

The Veterans just love visiting the maternal and newborn unit. This tradition is a heartfelt way of connecting Sunnybrook’s past to tiny newborns,” said Lorrie Clarke, Art Therapist at the Veterans Centre. A small red poppy is also featured at the top of each stocking.