The City of Burnaby and the Burnaby school district have sent out some snazzy Christmas cards this year thanks to a group of young local artists.
The city chose festive drawings by Buckingham Elementary students Arneet Butter and Cynthia Low and Marlborough Elementary student Kashvi Sahu to put on the front of its holiday greeting cards.
Butter’s drawing of a gingerbread house, which will be featured on cards sent out by Mayor Derek Corrigan, was inspired by her six-year-old sister.
“My sister really likes gingerbread houses so I drew a gingerbread house for her,” she told the NOW.“There’s a gingerbread house and a gingerbread man who bonked his head on a candy cane, so he’s a little dizzy.”
Low, whose art will be featured on cards sent out by councillors, decided on an M.C. Escher-esque rendering of Santa.
“I drew three ornaments with a reflection of Santa putting presents under the tree,” Low said.
For its greeting cards, the school district picked art by Stoney Creek Community School students Cedar Fawcett, who drew a snowman, and Valentina Matica, who drew a festive penguin.
Fawcett and Matica were acknowledged at a public school board meeting Monday (Dec. 11), while Butter, Low and Sahu were recognized by Corrigan at a city council meeting on Nov. 27.
“It was kind of fun, kind of not fun,” Butter said of the meeting.
