Christmas Cards from Patrick Comerford: 13, 6 January 2026

The Adoration of the Magi depicted in the reredos in All Saints’ Church, Calverton, near Stony Stratford (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2025; click on image for full-screen viewing)

Patrick Comerford

I sent out very few Christmas cards this year. Instead, at noon each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, I offered an image or two as my virtual Christmas cards, without comment.

This is the Feast of the Epiphany (6 January 2026), and yesterday was the Twelfth Day of Christmas, and tomorrow. I conclude this noon-time, daily series of Christmas Cards today with the image of the Adoration of the Three Wise Men or Magi depicted on the reredos in All Saints’ Church, Calverton, near Stony Stratford.

Christmas Cards from Patrick Comerford: 12, 5 January 2026

Three Magi on a shelf waiting to visit the crib in All Saints’ Church, Calverton, near Stony Stratford (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)

Patrick Comerford

I sent out very few Christmas cards this year. Instead, at noon each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, I am offering an image or two as my virtual Christmas cards, without comment.

Today is the Twelfth Day of Christmas, and tomorrow is the Feast of the Epiphany (6 January 2026). My images for my Christmas Card at noon today (5 January 2026) are of the Three Wise Men or Magi in Buckinghamshire churches preparing for the Epiphany visit: Three Magi on a shelf waiting to visit the crib in All Saints’ Church, Calverton, near Stony Stratford; and the Three Magi on a window ledge waiting to visit the crib in Saint Mary’s Church, Padbury, near Buckingham.

Three Magi on a window ledge waiting to visit the crib in Saint Mary’s Church, Padbury, near Buckingham (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)

Christmas Cards from Patrick Comerford: 11, 4 January 2026

The Incarnation by Eleftheria Syrianoglou, who exhibited a number of ‘table icons’ in olive wood in an exhibition in Rethymnon (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)

Patrick Comerford

I sent out very few Christmas cards this year. Instead, at noon each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, I am offering an image or two as my virtual Christmas cards, without comment.

My image for my Christmas Card at noon today (4 January 2026) is an icon of ‘The Incarnation’ by Eleftheria Syrianoglou, a ‘table icon’ in olive wood that was part of an exhibition in the Fortezza in Rethymnon.

My photograph of ‘The Incarnation’ by Eleftheria Syrianoglou, a ‘table icon’ in an exhibition in Rethymnon, featured on the cover of the Christmas edition of ‘Koinonia’ in 2013

Christmas Cards from Patrick Comerford: 10, 3 January 2026

The Nativity scene is at the centre of the Robinson window in north chapel in Saint John the Baptist Church, Coventry (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)

Patrick Comerford

I sent out very few Christmas cards this year. Instead, at noon each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, I am offering an image or two as my virtual Christmas cards, without comment.

My image for my Christmas Card at noon today (3 January 2026) is the Nativity scene in the Robinson Window in the North Chapel in the Collegiate and Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist in the Spon Street area in the centre of Coventry.

The window by George Cooper Abbs of Exeter was installed in 1959 in memory of the Revd Augustus Gossage Robinson, Rector in 1896-1918, who died in 1956 aged 92. The window depicts the five Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary: the Annunciation and the Visitation (left), the Nativity (centre), and the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, and Finding Christ in the Temple (right).

Christmas Cards from Patrick Comerford: 9, 2 January 2026

The Nativity scene in the frieze on the north wall was designed by Butterfield, painted by Alexander Gibbs, and fired by Henry Poole (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)

Patrick Comerford

I sent out very few Christmas cards this year. Instead, at noon each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, I am offering an image or two as my virtual Christmas cards, without comment.

My images for my Christmas Card at noon today (2 January 2026), are of the Nativity scene in a frieze in All Saints’ Church, Margaret Street, London, designed in 1850 by William Butterfield (1814-1900).

The north wall of the church is dominated by this large ceramic tile frieze with a central Nativity scene, designed by Butterfield, painted by Alexander Gibbs, fired by Henry Poole and Sons, and installed in 1873.


Inside All Saints’ Church, Margaret Street, London (Patrick Comerford)

Christmas Cards from Patrick Comerford: 8, 1 January 2026

A crib in the front window of a family home on the High Street in Stony Stratford … (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2025)

Patrick Comerford

I sent out very few Christmas cards this year. Instead, at noon each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, I am offering an image or two as my virtual Christmas cards, without comment.

My images for my Christmas Card at noon today this New Year’s Day (1 January 2026), are of a crib in the front window of a family home on the High Street in Stony Stratford … with the three Wise Men or Magi waiting to arrive at the crib at Epiphany.

Happy New Year

… and the three Wise Men waiting to visit the crib in the front window of a family home on the High Street in Stony Stratford (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2025)

Christmas Cards from Patrick Comerford: 6, 30 December 2025

The Christmas Crib in Saint Mary and Saint Giles Church, Stony Stratford (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2025)

Patrick Comerford

I sent out very few Christmas cards this year. Instead, at noon each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, I am offering an image or two as my virtual Christmas cards, without comment.

The Gospel reading at the Eucharist today tells of the return of the Holy Family to Nazareth after the first Christmas (Luke 2.36-40). My image for my Christmas Card at noon today (30 December 2025), is of the Christmas Crib in Saint Mary and Saint Giles Church, Stony Stratford.

Christmas Cards from Patrick Comerford: 5, 29 December 2025

The Christmas Crib in All Saints’ Church, Calverton, near Stony Stratford (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2025)

Patrick Comerford

I sent out very few Christmas cards this year. Instead, at noon each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, I am offering an image or two as my virtual Christmas cards, without comment.

The Gospel reading this morning tells the story of the slaughter of the Holy Innocents (Matthew 2: 13-18). My image for my Christmas Card at noon today (29 December 2025), is of the Christmas Crib in All Saints’ Church, Calverton, Buckinghamshire, near Stony Stratford.

Christmas Cards from Patrick Comerford: 4, 28 December 2025

‘La Sagrada Family’ … a modern interpretation of the Flight into Egypt by Kelly Latimore

Patrick Comerford

I sent out very few Christmas cards this year. Instead, at noon each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, I am offering an image or two as my virtual Christmas cards, without comment.

The Gospel reading this morning tells the story of the flight into Egypt (Matthew 2: 13-23). My image for my Christmas Card at noon today (28 December 2025), is ‘La Sagrada Family’, a modern interpretation of the Flight into Egypt in an icon by Kelly Latimore, located on the border between the US and Mexico.

Christmas Cards from Patrick Comerford: 3, 27 December 2025

The first Christmas … a window in Saint Mary’s Church, St Neots, Cambridgeshire (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)

Patrick Comerford

I sent out very few Christmas cards this year. Instead, at noon each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, I am offering an image or two as my virtual Christmas cards, without comment.

My image for my Christmas Card at noon today (27 December 2025), is of the south window in the Lady Chapel in Saint Mary’s Church, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, depicting the Nativity and the Adoration of the Shepherds. It is by John Hardman & Co of Birmingham, and was designed by Hardman’s nephew John Hardman Powell, a son-in-law of the architect AWN Pugin.

Christmas Cards from Patrick Comerford: 2, 26 December 2025

The Christmas scene in a window in All Saints' Church, Calverton (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2025)

Patrick Comerford

I sent out very few Christmas cards this year. Instead, at noon each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, I am offering an image or two as my virtual Christmas cards, without comment.

My images for my Christmas Card at noon today, on Saint Stephen’s Day (26 December 2025), are of the Christmas scene in the window by an unknown artist in the Baptistry in All Saints’ Church, Calverton, near Stony Stratford, on Christmas Night.

The Christmas scene in a window in All Saints' Church, Calverton (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2025)

Christmas Cards from Patrick Comerford: 1, 25 December 2025

The Christmas scene in a window Saint Mary’s Church on Church Green Road, Bletchley (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)

Patrick Comerford

I sent out very few Christmas cards this year. Instead, at noon each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, I am offering an image or two as my virtual Christmas cards, without comment.

My image for my Christmas Card at noon today, on Christmas Day, is of the Christmas scene in the window (1903) at the west end of the south aisle in Saint Mary’s Church on Church Green Road, Bletchley, by Joseph Bell, a scene that includes both the shepherds and the magi. The firm was established by Joseph Bell (1810-1895), and was continued by his son (Frederick Henry Bell 1847-1899) and grandson (Frederick George Bell 1878-1967) until 1923.