Moray MP Douglas Ross has congratulated the winner and runners-up of his annual Christmas card design competition.
Every year, Douglas invites all 45 primary schools in Moray to help him design a Christmas card.
Funding is sourced from local businesses via sponsorship, with any money left over going to charity.
This year saw the largest entry since the competition began with hundreds of designs being submitted from across the local area. The standard was so high that Douglas decided to select one overall winner and six runners-up.
Douglas met winner Aiden Ingram (10) from St Gerardine’s Primary School in Lossiemouth to congratulate him and hand over his prize in a socially-distanced meeting in the school playground.
Prizes were also distributed to all the runners-up on the same day.
This year, left-over funds are being donated to Moray Riding for the Disabled.
Scottish Conservative MP for Moray Douglas Ross said:
“It was great to get around so many schools to deliver prizes to this year's winners as well as certificates to everyone who took part.
“There are always a huge number of fantastic entries, and this year was no different. We had a record number of pupils taking part this year which is really encouraging.
“It was extremely difficult to pick a winner and runners-up. The standard was so high I decided to select a winner and six runners-up, but there could have been so many more.
“I want to thank every pupil and every school that took part – there are a lot of very talented young people here in Moray.
“The winning designs all feature on thousands of my cards that go out this Christmas. The cards get sent to local people, businesses and the Prime Minister so the winners know their design is now in 10 Downing Street.
“It was great to meet Adam and the runners-up at their schools. I wanted to do the presentations in person, socially-distanced, to congratulate them personally for their efforts. It was also really good to see how pleased their classmates were that they had a competition winner at their school.
“After the difficult year we have all, it was nice to be able to do something so positive and I know the designs for on the card will impress everyone who receives it and remind them of Moray.”