Christmas 2025

The winner from Trish & Ramesh Narayanan:

Thistle and Finch
© Emily Rose Dixon
RSPB

Runner-up from neighbours Karina & John:

Moonlit Owl
Cordelia Hutchison
National Trust

Runner-up from Jane Stott:

Moonlit Hare
Cordelia Hutchison
National Trust

Runner-up from Norma & Pete Evans:

Golden Partridge
© Elle Media Group
Martin House

Runner-up from Pete Hughes & Family:

Angels with Trumpets
Phoebe Anna Traquair 1852-1936
Tempera, oil, gold leaf and gesso on panel
© The Estate of Phoebe Anna Traquair
Photo by Antonia Reeve
Museums & Galleries

Runner-up from Simon Peck & Celia Knight:

Night Time Hedgehog
© Elle Media Group
Woodland Trust

Runner-up from Sue & Alan Mackintosh:

Frozen Ponds, 1959
John Nash CBE RA
Watercolour and pencil on paper
© Estate of John Northcote Ash; Bridgeman Images
Photo © Peter Nahum at Leicester Galleries, London
Royal Academy of Arts

Christmas 2016

The winner from Katherine Wade:

Frosted Japanese Maple
©AFLO
Candlelighters

Runner-up from Jo Libert:

Three Kings
Phil Melia, ©Woodmansterne Publications Ltd

Runner-up from Louise & Paul Pickles:

Frosted Cotoneaster
©John Glover, Woodmansterne Publications Ltd

Runner-up from Betty Crossland:

Christmas Pudding
Jillian Riley, courtesy of Rafale Design, ©Elle Publishing LtdSense

Runner-up from Dick & Janet Clay:

Bethlehem
Save the Children

Runner-up from Liz & Stan Pearson:

Oxfam

Christmas 2015

Lots of silver and gold this year. It's impossible to scan, and I've only bothered to photograph where I think it matters.

The winner from Hannah Lerigo and Matt

Once in Royal David's City
AgnieszKa Jatkowska
Mind

Runner-up from Kay Barton & Mick Kadlubowski:

Dove of Peace
©The Almanac Gallery
NSPCC

Runner-up from Peter & Anne Hirst:

Handmade by Anne Hirst

Runner-up from Celia Knight & Simon Peck:

Partridge in a Pear Tree
Courtesy of Advocate Art
Home Farm Trust

Runner-up from Aileen & Bob Hampson:

I Saw Three Ships
Deva Evans, ©Paper Dove Company Ltd
Save the Children

Runner-up from Liz & Stan Pearson:

Bethlehem
copy;Ling Designs
Traidcraft; CAFOD; SCIAF; Christian Aid

Christmas 2014

A better than average year for Christmas cards.

The winner from Di Dooley:

Twelve Days
by Sue Reeves
RNLI

Runner-up from Pete Hughes:

Adoration
Tapestry depicting the Adoration of the Magi and Two Saints, South Germany, 1742-1480
Scope

Runner-up from Betty Longbottom:

Tree of Doves
Camilla Charnock
Cancer Research UK

Runner-up from Tony Smith:

Postbox
Deva Evans
Garden House Hospice

Runner-up from Gay & Peter Hartley:

O' Little Town
Deva Evans
RNLI

Runner-up from Liz & Stan Pearson.

I Saw Three Ships
Alison McGarrigle
Traidcraft; CAFOD; SCIAF; Christian Aid

Christmas 2013

Poor cards this year, and I'm not declaring a winner.

Runner-up from Alison Budd:

Central Avenue, Battersea Park
McKivragan
Friends of Battersea Park

Runner-up from Jane Stott:

Reindeer
Emma Harding
Amnesty International

Runner-up from Venetia Stent & Angus Dinwiddie:

3 Ships
Katherine Lucas
VSO

Runner-up from Cliff & Fiona Atkins:

Holly & Mistletoe
A Curious Herbal, Elizabeth Blackwell, 1782
Crisis

Christmas 2012

An unusually large proportion of decent cards this year.

The winner from Kay Barton & Mick Kadlubowski:

Edinburgh Christmas
Simon Parr, ©Ling Design Ltd
The 1959 Group of Charities

Runner-up from Tony & Sheelagh Pickles:

The adoration of the Magi and Shepherds
Memorial Window, St Mary the Virgin, Marlborough
Mind

Runner-up from Margaret & Jeff Prior:

Barnardo's

Runner-up from Robert and Charmaine Crossley:

Frosted Berries
Courtesy of FLPA
Lifeboats; British Heart Foundation; Marie Curie Cancer Care; CLIC Sargent;
Macmillan Cancer Support; Woodland Trust

Runner-up from Shirley Jordan & Mark Stanley

Frosted Berries I
Courtesy of Stephen Shepherd, ©The Great British Card Company
Paper House

Runner-up from Pete Hughes:

Black Bryony (Tamis cummunis)
James Bolton (1735-1799)
The Fitzwilliam Museum

Runner-up from Jane Stott:

Dove of Peace
Alison McGarrigle
MS Society

Runner-up from Janette Cook:

©2003 Sudi McCollum
Peter Pauper Press

Runner-up from Liz & Stan Pearson:

Dove of Peace
Deva Evans
Amnesty Internation

Runner-up by Pauline Smith:

Dove of Peace
Motor Neurone Disease Association

Runner-up from Dilys and David Astin:

British Heart Foundation

Runner-up from Tina & Keith Mathers:

Christmas Puds
Pope Twins,courtesy of Advocate-Art.com
Ling Design

Christmas 2011

The winner from Jane Stott:

Decorative Dove
The Almanac Gallery
The Stroke Association

Runner-up from Bryn & Penny Clarke:

Shepherds
Paper House
Hospice in the Weald

Runner-up from Katherine Wade:

Courtesy of Alexander James
Barnardo's

Runner-up from Paul & Louise Pickles:

European Yew (Taxus baccata)
James Bolton (1735-1799)
The Fitzwilliam Museum

Runner-up from Alison Budd:

Oxfam

Runner-up from Shirley Raynor & Andy:

Marks & SpencerWoodland Trust

Runner-up from Betty Crossland:

Sainsburys