New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Santa’s little helper SONYA’S STORY OF HOPE

Lying awake one night wishing she’d read more as a child, author and TV presenter Sonya Wilson was struck with an idea that would change the course of Christmas for not just her own family, but also thousands more across Aotearoa.

The mum of two recalls it was while she was sleeplessly trying to re-write a short story for her postgraduate creative writing coursework.

“It was 3am and I was turning the words over in my head, cursing that I hadn’t read more and didn’t have and.

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