Ready, set, shop!!!

Mark Peterson faced off against KXLY viewer Justin Holderby in a 3 minute shopping spree at Yoke's Fresh Market today. Justin won a KXLY contest and got the chance to fill his cart with groceries to take home. Mark filled his cart with food to donate to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

Thanks to Mark's quick feet (and his Second Harvest helper), the food bank collected $1178.05 in groceries. Our favorite morning weatherman loaded up on cheese sticks, peanut butter, fruit cups and more.

Justin loaded up his cart with his favorites - beef jerky and coffee - and walked away with $556.27 in groceries. He also won a freezer from Fred's Appliance.

Instead of the normal bell-ringing for the Salvation Army’s holiday red kettles, these young men were playing in front of the Smelterville Walmart on Sunday afternoon.

KXLY viewer, Debbie Marek, emailed us to give these guys a shout out for giving their time and talents. She even shot this photo of the guys.

They’re students at Kellogg High School. They’re all in a Kellogg-based band called White Chocolate. They describe themselves as alternative/funk/indie-rock on their band page at Reverbnation.

They don’t perform frequently due to the busy schedule of school, but they all participate in the school’s regular band and jazz band.

It's an embarrassment. In fact, it's a downright shame. I have lived in Spokane for nine years - eight Christmases - and, had never taken a ride on the Coeur d'Alene Resort's Holiday Lights Cruise. Tuesday night, I righted that wrong - and, now, I hope you'll follow my lead and take a ride to the North Pole.