Wish list: Cool, yuletide gifts

Christmas is coming and the list is getting fat — with cool, yuletide gifts handpicked by Esther N McCarthy for your Christmas time present perusal.

Picture 1: Isn’t this a gorgeous look for Christmas, not a bit of tinsel to be seen, but still somehow so festive? All available in Debenhams: the globe is €46.50, the Gisele Graham letter box is €30, the wall map is €77.50, the globe book-ends are €62, and the fabulous Parlane wooden floor-lamp retails at €349.

Picture 2: Ahoy there, me hearties! If you’re on the lookout for some Christmas cards why not support the RNLI Helvick lifeboat station? This one shows RNLI crew with Liam Harty at the helm along with Aodh MacCraith and Shane Walsh aboard the RNLB Alice & Charles, in Dungarvan Bay against the majestic backdrop of the Comeragh Mountains. Cards are available in the following outlets in Dungarvan and Abbeyside: I Eye Opticians, Sue Ryder; Kelly’s Pharmacy; Abbeyside Post Office; Remedies; Mike Kiely’s Butchers; Twomey’s Eurospar; Nugent’s Centra; SPAR An Rinn and The Anchor, in Ardmore. (Pic: Joan Clancy)