Party leaders' Christmas cards

David Cameron signs this year's Christmas cards. The prime minister tweeted this picture of himself on a train on the way to the West Midlands Photograph: Twitter

The Camerons' 2012 card shows the PM and his wife, Samantha, in Downing Street welcoming the Olympic torch, being carried by Kate Nesbitt Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

2011's card: David and Samantha Cameron at a street party in Downing Street to celebrate the royal wedding Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

2010: David and Samantha Cameron at 10 Downing Street with their newborn baby daughter Florence Rose Endellion Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

2012: Father Christmas and a snowman by eight-year-old Caitlin Costello was the design the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, picked for his card Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Clegg's 2011 Christmas card, which was drawn by his children Antonio and Alberto Photograph: Liberal Democrats/PA

Clegg had also put his sons to work in 2010 Photograph: Cabinet Office/PA

2012: Ed and Justine Miliband at their north London home with their children Daniel and Sam Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

2011: a very similar idea Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

2010: ditto Photograph: Labour Party/PA

2009: a more self-effacing effort from David Cameron, before he assumed the role of prime minister and became so wildly popular Photograph: Conservative Party/PA