8am -- a list of the biggest retail stores that embrace Christmas or avoid Christmas verbage with the generic 'happy holidays', the utter joy of using the Sears Wishbook as a kid to craft your Christmas/Santa gift list,
GUEST: the play-by-play Voice of the Huskies, Tony Castricone, previews the Apple Cup rivalry football game Friday, why the game will determine which team gets a better bowl game.
More tributes to retiring KOMO weather anchor Steve Pool and highlights from his 40 year KOMO career, GUEST: KOMO's Steve Pool talks about his health as he recovers from cancer, why he still doesn't have a specific list of things to do in retirement and some mutual friends that Steve and John share in Bellevue.