The Bears lost to the Vikings 21-14 yesterday, falling to 8-5, and hurting their chances to win the division. They essentially need to win their last three games, and the Packers need to lose twice for the Bears to take the NFC North. They'll likely need to win at least two of their last three games to make the playoffs.

How to have the perfectly decorated Christmas tree:

http://gizmodo.com/5966251/the-mathematical-formula-for-the-perfectly-decorated-christmas-tree

In Fab Five, Jack Hoff of Bolingbrook benefitted from other people's work, and only had to answer the sports question correctly to win. Jack correctly guessed that Scottie Pippen was originally drafted by the Supersonics, and then traded to the Bulls! Jack won a pair of tickets to see Kenny G's Christmas Show at The Venue at The Horseshoe Casino on the 20th!

How much people are spending on themselves this holiday season:

http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2012/10/17/14509551-holiday-shoppers-to-splurge-on-themselves-this-season?lite

We talked with John Tesh about his Big Band Christmas Show coming to the Rialto Square Theatre on Wednesday, and gave a giant John Tesh prize pack to Lydia Seay of Joliet! She won a bunch of John Tesh CDs, DVDs, t-shirts, tickets to his Big Band Christmas Show, and she'll get to meet John Tesh on Wednesday before the show!

Tomorrow, we'll send two songs into the arena to battle it out in the Retro Rumble at 7:05! It'll be up to you to decide who wins, and we'll give someone a pair of tickets to see Kenny G's Christmas Show at The Venue at The Horseshoe Casino on the 20th just for voting! We'll also tell you when you're most likely to lose something, and the different ways men and women play hard-to-get.