With Christmas right around the corner - what are your favourite Christmas memories? What traditions do you have with your family, and how are you spending it this year?

Joining Andrea to share their favourite festive memories and more is Presenter of the Home Show, Sinead Ryan, Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly and Today FM’s Cathal Minogue.

It can sometimes be easy to forget, with all the shopping and presents, but Christmas is a Christian holiday.

And, while a lot of people might no longer be practicing – many will still attend Mass over the Christmas period.

So, should non-religious people attend mass at Christmas?

Andrea is joined by listeners to discuss.

Apparently, bingo is the newest old craze among young people!

Buzz Bingo owns 82 clubs in the UK – and say they’re expecting record numbers this Christmas because of all the young people going.

So, why is it so popular with younger people?

Joining Andrea to discuss is Will Meara, CCO of Bingo Loco, John Purcell from Rock Bingo Cork and Emily Keegan from the Newstalk Newsroom.

All this month, Lunchtime Live is doing Christmas specials to give you plenty of time to prepare for the big day, and hopefully batch cook some bits in advance to make Christmas a lot easier!

For the last Big Batch of the year, Paul Knapp, aka @thefirefightingchef on Instagram, joins Andrea to discuss how you can cater for vegans and vegetarians at Christmas!

The taxpayer is subsidising 50 private secondary schools by more than €140 million a year, new figures show.

What do you think about giving funding to fee paying schools?

Should taxpayers be subsidising private schools?

Andrea is joined by listeners to discuss.

A huge trend this year online has been hosting and learning how to create a gorgeous table for guests coming around to your house this festive season.

And a big part of that is the concept of ‘tablescaping’: landscaping your table for want of a better description!

Joining Andrea to discuss how you can do it on a budget is ‘Home of the Year’ star, Jen Connell.

Journalist Niamh O’Reilly has decided she’s pushing back on manspreading with a bit of womanspreading of her own!

She joins Andrea to discuss why, and explain what exactly womanspreading entails…

Sinéad O’Connor is in the news today because her Bray home is up for sale, but… should the State buy it to convert it into a music museum?

The seafront property is back on the market after the owners were blocked from turning it into apartments.

Now, fans want to buy it and transform the six-bedroom home, where Sinéad lived for 15 years, into a museum and music school for teenagers.

What do you think of the idea?

Joining Andrea to discuss is Willie White, from TU Dublin, Clodagh Lawlor, singer, musician and host of ‘Country Hits’ on Today FM and more.