The children of London’s East End wish everyone a happy Christmas with Tower Bridge and a polar bear.

East London Advertiser: Sayed Islam's Polar BearSayed Islam's Polar Bear (Image: TH Council)

Their festive images and drawings have been judged in a competition to find greetings card designs for the Town Hall.

Around 300 entries poured in from Tower Hamlets schools which were chosen for official cards that the mayor and his chief executive are sending out this year.

They feature sights and traditional scenes from nativity to winter wonderlands and Father Christmas and his reindeer.

East London Advertiser: Kamran Ahmed's Christmas MontageKamran Ahmed's Christmas Montage (Image: TH Council)

But Mayor John Biggs chose, instead, an image of the iconic Tower Bridge that eight year-old Alessandro Tarsia came up with at Bethnal Green’s St Elizabeth Catholic Primary.

“I was impressed by creativity of someone so young as Alessandro,” the mayor said. “In the end, I chose a card which showed one of the great landmarks of London.”

He held a lunch party at the Town Hall for the talented youngsters.

East London Advertiser: The competition winners and their entries, Alessandro Tersi and his Tower Bridge, Sayed Islam snd his polar bear and Kamran Ahmed with his Christmas montage,, pictured with Mayor John Biggs (right) and his chief executive Will TuckleyThe competition winners and their entries, Alessandro Tersi and his Tower Bridge, Sayed Islam snd his polar bear and Kamran Ahmed with his Christmas montage,, pictured with Mayor John Biggs (right) and his chief executive Will Tuckley (Image: Kois Miah/LBTH)

Sayed Islam, also aged eight, from Stepney’s Ben Jonson Primary, came up with a striking design of a polar bear which the council’s chief executive Will Tuckley has selected for his festive card.

Kamran Ahmed, a six-year-old from Whitechapel’s Osmani Primary, sent in a ‘Christmas montage’ design which Children’s Services director Debbie Jones has taken for her cards.

The children have had their designs used on real Christmas cards which are now the council’s official greetings sent out in the post.