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TRENDING . . . DESIGNER DECORATIONS Alessi’s 2013 collection of hand-decorated blown-glass Christmas baubles will thrill contemporists who love the story of Christmas. The baubles include a set of five for €58 – sun king-like baby Jesus, Mary his mother in Madonna blue, Joseph, who sports a hipster beard and the cow and the donkey who witnessed the birth in the manger. Also in the collection are a cool-looking trio, Caspar, Balthazar and Melchior, €36 (above). Designed by Marcello Jori they are available at Brown Thomas (01-6056666 brownthomas.com), Dublin, and online at alessi.com