The Mayor of London's Christmas card competition 2025
Every year, the Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, sends an official Christmas card to dignitaries around the world. This year, he invites London school children aged 4 to 14 to create a design for this year’s card based on the theme, 'The story of Christmas: together in hope and love'.
The winner’s artwork will feature on the Mayor of London's official Christmas card for 2025. This will be sent to dignitaries across the world, including our sovereign, His Majesty King Charles III.
Find our more about this year's theme and submit your card design.
The theme
This year, we're inviting card designs on the theme, 'The story of Christmas: together in hope and love’.
We're looking for entries which show scenes that represent the hope, joy and love that Christmas embodies, highlighting the stories and symbols that invoke the magic and spirit of the festive season.
- Community
- Diversity
- Happiness
- Hope
- Love
- Kindness
- Giving
- Faith
- Jesus
- Santa Claus
- Belonging
- Nativity
- Family
- Unity
- Wise Men
- Carols
- Saviour
- Joy
- Stockings
- Fireplace
- Advent
- Angel
- Gifts
- Candles
- Light
- Snow
- Sleigh
- Warmth
The prize
The winning design will feature on the Mayor’s official Christmas card. It will also feature the winner’s first name, age, and school on the back of the card.
The competition is supported by Cass Art, the UK’s leading independent art supplies retailer.
As well as having their design featured, the winner will:
- be invited to the Mayor’s Christmas carol service event
- get a certificate
- get copies of the card to send to their friends and family
- have their Christmas card personally signed by the Mayor
- get a £100 Cass Art gift voucher.
The two highest praised entries will also each receive a certificate and a £30 Cass Art gift voucher.
The Cass family has supported artists of all ages for over 100 years. Find out more about Cass Art.
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How to enter
To take part, you’ll need to submit a photo or scanned image of your student’s design to our online entry form. The application deadline is Sunday 2 November at 11:59pm.
Remember to keep the original artwork. We'll need the original artwork supplied to us if your pupil is selected as the winner.
Read the competition pack to find out more before submitting your designs.
Submit your Christmas card design
Christmas card competition entry form
See the winning designs
Every year, hundreds of school children in London take part in the Mayor of London’s Christmas card competition. Get inspired by past winning designs.
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