Nusrat Ghani, MP for Sussex Weald, is delighted to reveal that the winner of her 2025 Christmas card competition is Year 4 pupil Thomas Plummer from Blackboys primary school.
Earlier in the autumn, Nusrat launched her annual Christmas card competition, inviting all pupils at primary schools across Sussex Weald to take part and submit an original design following the theme Favourite Part of Christmas Day.
Nusrat is delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s competition is Thomas (Year 4) from Blackboys Church of England Primary School, whose colourful picture of Christmas elves is featured on the front of Nusrat’s Christmas card. The card being delivered to nearly two thousand recipients including Sussex Weald residents, businesses, schools, care homes, pubs, post offices and charities, as well as to recipients nationwide, and His Majesty King Charles III
Nusrat Ghani said: “The Christmas competition has been a highlight of my seasonal activities since its first launch in 2015 and I am always impressed by the creativity of the entries. A huge thank you and well done to all Sussex Weald pupils who entered this year, and to their parents and teachers who took the time to take part with their class. Choosing the winner is always an incredibly difficult task, but it was Thomas’ colourful artwork that stood out for me. The card, featuring Thomas’ design on the front is now making its way to hundreds of recipients across the constituency, nationwide and also abroad.”
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