Cute candy canes, a halo-topped angel and festive fairy lights all featured on the entries to Curo’s annual Christmas card competition this year.

Curo’s Chief Executive Victor da Cunha presented the winners with framed prints of their designs, £50 vouchers and certificates at an exhibition of the entries at the Bath-based housing association’s offices on Tuesday 5 December.

The winning designs will be turned into email cards and sent out to Curo’s 13,000 households over the festive period.

Tracey Abrhams, who was the over-17s category winner with her beautifully drawn design of a cat and butterfly, said: “I’ve never won anything in my life so this was a real thrill.”

From the wings on the note to Santa, to the colours on the roaring fire, the judges loved the details in 10-16 category winner Aleksander Bozic Taylor’s design: “I was excited to win as I love drawing,” said Aleksander.  “I just thought of loads of Christmassy things that I could put into the design, like the sleigh and elf.”

Sophia topped the 5-9 category with her lively festive scene. Steph, Sophia’s mum, said: “She was ecstatic to win. I’m so proud of her – I cried when I found out she’d won.”

The judges loved the heart-adorned tree and colourful festive character in 0-4 category winner Charlotte Ehrhadt’s bright and bold design. Mum Beate said: “I’m super-proud of Charlotte. She loves drawing so I immediately knew when I heard about the competition that she should enter.”

Victor da Cunha said: “We always love seeing the creativity of residents who enter our annual Christmas card competition. The standard was incredibly high this year, which made picking our winners a tricky task. Thank you to everyone who entered and huge congratulations to our winners.”