Wish List: Eight top ideas for hosting, gifting and treating ourselves

Esther McCarthy checks out cute presents for young recipients, a book for golfers, and a tempting tipple 

Nespresso has launched an advent calendar, left; Bertie Bear and Charlie Bear, top right; Stanley Tucci, below right, ambassador for Tanqueray No Ten Gin.

BEAR NECESSITIES

Awww! Check out this furry fella. Bertie Bear is back, and he has his cousin Charlie Bear on board, at The Europe Hotel & Resort to help raise much-needed funds for Youth Suicide Prevention Ireland (YSPI).