Aled Jones visits Mousehole in Cornwall to make a traditional Star Gazey Pie with Michelin-starred chef Chris Eden and to hear about the legend of Tom Bawcock, the heroic Cornish fisherman who saved the village from starvation.\n\nSean Fletcher talks to Sir Cliff Richard, who is celebrating 60 years in showbusiness and who performs his brand new Christmas song. Poet Lemn Sissay, who was fostered and later spent time in a children's home, tells Sean about the Christmas dinners he puts on each year for young people who have been through the care system and might otherwise be alone on Christmas Day.\n\nThere are also favourite carols and performances from Fisherman's Friends and Mevagissey Male Voice Choir, all from St Pol de Leon Church in Paul. Carols include Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, The First Nowell and O Little Town of Bethlehem.\n\nMusic:\nThe First Nowell from St Pol de Leon Church, Penzance\nBrightly Beams Our Father's Mercy from St Pol de Leon Church, Penzance\nIt Came Upon the Midnight Clear from St Pol de Leon Church, Penzance\nWhile Shepherd's Watched Their Flock by Night from St Pol de Leon Church, Penzance\nThe Miracle of Love performed by Sir Cliff Richard at Wilton's Music Hall, London\nHark! The Herald Angels Sing from St Pol de Leon Church, Penzance.
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