19/12/2011
Vitoria- Gasteiz, 19th December 2011.- The drawings of six chidren from Vitoria will be the Christmas card of Santa Maria Cathedral Foundation this year. These cards show the tower of the cathedral with the Virgin Mary, Baby Jesus and St. Joseph playing football, an ´Open for Christmas´ cathedral e.t.c.
Santa Maria Cathedral asked the children their help on September to design the Christmas cards to congratulate the Christmas time. ´Santa Maria Cathedral and Christmas time´ is the title of the contest that the Foundation organized for children between 3 and 11 years old.
Two categories have been established: one for children between 3 and 5 years old, and the other one for children between 6 and 11 years old. Each one could participe with two unpublished drawings.
Santa Maria Cathedral Foundation received more than 40 works in both categories. The winners are:
Between 3 and 5 years old
- Saioa de Bernedo López de Armentia, 4 years old
- Asier Landaburu Arroyo, 5 years old
- Markel Rama Elguea, 4 years old
Between 6 and 11 years old
- Iker Aguirre Uza, 7 years old
- Sheila Busto Prado, 10 years old
- Estíbaliz Garrido Pérez de Onraita, 8 years old
The participants have drawn an ´Open for Christmas´ cathedral, the portico as a crib, or Olentzero arriving with christmas gifts. Details from Alava are also to see, like a snake or the green colour of Vitoria- Gasteiz as european green capital during 2012.