Christmas Drawing Contest 2019 winners

When The Catholic Register launched its annual children’s Christmas contest in 2011 there was some concern about receiving enough entries to make it a real competition. Nine contests and thousands of entries later, it’s obvious those worries were unfounded.

We not only receive hundreds of entries each December, but we’ve been spoiled by the quality of the artwork.

That was the case once again this year, as judges had a difficult time narrowing down the entries in each of the three age categories to select the individual winners.

Grade 7-8

In the Grade 7-8 category, top prize goes to Ashley Bock, a 13-year-old Grade 8 student at St. Leo Catholic School in Toronto.

Her intricate artwork is like something found in a stained-glass window. The judges admired her attention to detail and use of colour, and recognized the many hours of hard work so clearly required to create such an exquisite depiction of the first Christmas morning.

Ashley Bock, Grade 8 (Winner)

Mackenzie Cabral, Grade 8

Reah M. Osborne Sobers, Grade 7

Elijah Acob, Grade 8

Chloe Balan, Grade 7

Leah Coakley, Grade 7

Grade 1-3

The winner in the Grade 1-3 category is Jaeden Jeevathas of St. Richard Catholic School in Scarborough, Ont.

The seven-year-old Grade 2 student won over the judges with the overall joyfulness evident throughout a drawing in which even the animals seem delighted.