Tuesday, 2 December 2025

 David HODGETT (Croydon) (13:37): Today I rise to acknowledge and thank all the children from my electorate who entered my 2025 Christmas card competition. This year we asked primary school children in the electorate to draw a magical Christmas, whilst children aged five and younger could enter our colouring competition, with winners to be featured on my Christmas card. My office was thrilled to receive so many wonderful entries. It is terrific to see so many wonderfully talented young artists from within the community. With so many fantastic entries, choosing the winners was not easy.

I would like to congratulate both Grace Lee from Kilsyth Primary School and Elsa from Croydon Primary School, joint winners of the 2025 Croydon electorate Christmas card competition, whose drawings will feature on the front of my Christmas card this year. Grace Lee drew a colourful snow globe filled with presents, candy cones and Snoopy asleep on top, while Elsa drew a happy elf. Also feature on the inside of my Christmas card are drawings by Penny from Good Shepherd Primary School and Lara from Kilsyth Primary School. The winner of the colouring competition was Riley, whose work will feature on the back of my Christmas card.

Thank you again to all who entered, and congratulations to our winners and those with featured drawings.