Pamela Sanchez tells PEOPLE she transforms her home to honor her Christmas-loving son Nicholas, who was 28 when he died from leukemia
A few months into his leukemia treatment, Nicholas Sanchez, then 27, told his mom that he wanted to see the Christmas window displays in New York City. “His exact words were, ‘To see that just warms your heart,’ ” Pamela tells PEOPLE.
The request surprised the mother of two, as the California native had never been to New York and Pamela, 69, says he had never expressed any interest in making a trip to see the holiday lights.
“Maybe he was thinking, ‘I’m not going to make it, and these are some things that I would like to do when I get out of here,’ ” Pamela recalls. Although she made a promise to her son, Nicholas died in August 2013 at age 28, so they never got the chance to go…