All children living in residential homes are being entrusted by Prime Minister Robert Abela and his wife Dr Lydia Abela to design this year’s official Christmas cards for the Office of the Prime Minister.
In a message in which she launched this initiative, Dr. Lydia Abela said that Christmas cards remain the most effective and genuine way to get your message across to Christmas.
She said that due to the pandemic, 2020 has not been an easy year for anyone and even this year’s Christmas will be different because with respect for each other, we will not be able to meet in groups of many people for traditional activities to which they are accustomed.
Despite this, she said that we must live this Christmas in the same spirit that we lived every other Christmas and be filled with a sense of peace and that we really celebrate our best wishes for each other.
Dr Abela said that when she and the Prime Minister came to decide who would design the Christmas cards for the Office of the Prime Minister, they decided that this year they would ask children in residential homes to come up with the drawings. and their messages.
“A small but symbolic decision that we are close to you and we are trusting you to be the artists of the official postcards that will be used for this Christmas”, said the wife of the Prime Minister.
Dr Abela encouraged the children in these homes to be creative, use their original imagination and ideas and take part.
“We know your talent. And now we want to translate it into the Christmas cards that the Office of the Prime Minister will send to so many dignitaries, entities and other people locally as well as abroad ”, said Dr Abela.
Children are encouraged create a color drawing of what Christmas means to them and write a message to include on the inside of the postcard. Children can use whatever they want including paints, crayons, pencils, collage and digital media.
The selection of the best designs and messages for the official postcards will be made by a specially appointed board with representatives from the Malta Arts Council.
In recognition, the children and young people who come out with the best work will be given an invitation to the productions of the Ziguzajg season while all the children who will participate will be given the opportunity to attend free lessons at the School of -Art to further develop their talents.
Various art resources will also be given to participating residential homes. All children’s submissions will be exhibited in a special exhibition held at Creative Space.
Children with the help of the management of residential homes have until Friday, November 27 to mail their design to the address: ‘Christmas card, Office of the Prime Minister, Auberge de Castille, Valletta, or by email at kartolinamilied@gov.mt.
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