ROYAL OAK, Mich. (WXYZ) — Every night at 8 p.m. sharp, the best place to find Christmas cheer is both outside and inside the children's wing of Corewell Health Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.

The annual Moonbeams for Sweet Dreams tradition returned Tuesday, marking another year of community members gathering to shine flashlights into hospital windows, spreading holiday joy to young patients spending December in the hospital.

The tradition, which first began in 2017, takes place nightly at 8 p.m. from now until Dec. 23. Hundreds of volunteers line the street outside the windows of the children's wing, creating a sea of twinkling lights for those inside to see.

"We're just like tiny little sparkly ants down here and to see how big the crowd is and how far the lights spread, it's just real

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