A "godsend" saved Christmas for a Wirral town after the central streets were left "miserable" and barren.
Reverend Ramesh Amaldoss had his spirits lifted after a stranger left a calling card in St Alban's Church where he preaches.
The kind stranger took it upon himself to breathe some light into the town as dark nights and bitter weather bite before Christmas.
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Rev Amaldoss, whose church grounds were filled with light after reaching out to the man, told the ECHO : "He's like a godsend to us, to our community.
"He's been very talented, very selfless, very enthusiastic in what he's doing. He wants to see Liscard being lit up with lights for Christmas."
Lee Edwards, 45, put lights up on the railings outside St Alban's Catholic Church on the corner of Mill Lane and St Alban's Road near the centre of Liscard, Wallasey.
The bright bulbs also adorn a neighbouring tree.
Rev Amaldoss said: "It really lifts our spirits up, and children come after school after three, and they also see.
"Children always pass the church. It lifts their spirits high."
Lee bought the lights from Asda, spending £400 of his own money to fill the Liscard streets with festive spirit.
So far, he's kitted out 14 shops and the railings and tree outside St Alban's Church.
He told the ECHO : "I don't really celebrate Christmas a great deal myself, but just before December in Liscard, and there was nothing being done, it felt miserable."
With lights on lamposts, railings and shop windows, Lee feels "very optimistic and Christmassy now, compared to basically feeling miserable about a month ago".
He said: "It has encouraged some households on Mill Lane. A lot of people have started putting lights in their windows, and Christmas trees, where last year, there was not much around.
"Even now walking around at night time and you see the kiddies running up to the shop window, 'Oh look at the lights here!'
"It's mostly for the kids."
