"You're a mean one, Mister Grinch" -- help me understand what that has to do with Christmas.

Madonna's version of "Santa Baby". I love Eartha Kitt's mid-'50s original version; it's slinky and a little bit nasty. Madonna's version is too boop-boo-pa-doo cutesy for me.

One of the radio stations in Chicago started doing 24x7 Christmas music over a week ago -- I'm just not ready for it yet. I can take it for a song or two and then I have to change the channel.