Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital is working to make the holidays merrier for its young patients, kicking of the season Monday, Dec. 1, with a gingerbread house-making party.

Patients gathered in the hospital lobby for the party — all they needed to bring was their creativity, LLUCH provided icing and candy to turn the plain gingerbread houses into confectionary masterpieces.

Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital patient Jalayah Lewis, 9, decorates her own gingerbread house at the hospital on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Patients who were unable to attend the party in person still enjoyed the festivities, thanks to bedside gingerbread-house deliveries made possible by Big Hearts for Little Hearts Loma Linda Guild , a volunteer ass

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