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EGACY Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.

WEDNESDAYS • Dec. 20, 2017

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Richmond & Hampton Roads

Dec. 26, 2017-Jan. 1, 2018

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Bringing joy to all

“Santa Claus”, right, portrayed by neonatologist Dr. Robert Sinkin, and “Mrs. Claus” visit a patient in NICU. PHOTO: Sanjay Suchak WHITELAW REED With a fluffy, white beard he has spent months grooming, a pair of glasses that sit elegantly on the bridge of his nose and a belly that protrudes perfectly over his belt,

you might be hard-pressed to find a more authentic Santa Claus than Dr. Robert Sinkin. Well, except for the part about him not celebrating Christmas. Sinkin, who is Jewish, celebrates Hanukkah. But that hasn’t stopped the

neonatologist from lifting the spirits of families in the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for the last 12 years. “We recognize how difficult it is for families to have to be hospitalized

with a sick child and how difficult it is for families to get together at this time of the year and celebrate,” Sinkin said last week, just before posing for family photos. “Keeping

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The Legacy wishes you a very Merry Christmas!


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