A Christmas Rose called Christmas Carol

The Feast Day of Saint Nicholas of Myra. Born late 3rd century. Died mid 4th century, Myra, Turkey.
Patron saint of children, archers, sailors, merchants, pawnbrokers, Amsterdam, Moscow.
He was Bishop of Myra. He gave three girls bags of gold to prevent them becoming prostitutes. The image of Santa Claus stems from St Nicholas long before the commercialisation of Christmas in the 19th century.

I have enjoyed today but it has been cold, 4c and overcast. It is nearly 4pm and starting to rain. I was going to photo some Rishton Christmas lights but that can wait.
Paul is going to make us a lovely Sea Bass meal with mustard mash, mushrooms in garlic and sweet corn. I will prepare the mushrooms and potatoes.

Later I will be watching g Downton Abbey, Gardener's World and The Hauiry Bikers 12 Days of Christmas on the Food Network.

I hope you are enjoying a lovely Friday and don't get bad weather like ours is forecast to be over the weekend. Mostly rain and strong winds.