Writing is on the wall for Christmas at the vicarage

* Father Lee Taylor performs of the Chalking of the Door ceremony at the vicarage. 

* The initials of the Three Wise Men symbolise the official end of Christmas.

The vicar of Llangollen marked the end of Christmas with a ceremony blessing the front of his home yesterday (Sunday) evening.

Parishioners and friends of St Collen's gathered at the Abbey Road vicarage to see Father Lee Taylor perform the traditional Chalking of the Door bringing to an end the 12 days of Christmas and the beginning of Epiphany.

He used chalk to inscribe the initials of Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar, the three Wise Men who followed the star to find the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem. Incense was also used in the ceremony.

Earlier in the evening carols were sung as part of the festivities.