Jon Prell

We are more than a week past the unthinkable tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. - and the funerals continue. We all know what happened there and gun control has been a big topic of discussion and is getting more and more attention, especially since the head of the NRA made his thoughts known last week.

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Christmas is behind us and because of the snow storm, most of us will have plenty of opportunity today to take a closer look at the gifts we received. In just about every household on Christmas morning there is usually a reaction to a present that is for the ages. More often than not that type of reaction belongs to a child, but not in this case.

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The heavy snow has arrived in the Tri-State and will continue this morning. Travel is not recommended, at least until the heaviest snow has stopped by this afternoon. The heavy snow we have now will taper off to afternoon snow showers and will remain windy, which means drifting snow could be a big problem today.

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The Telus company recently asked their Facebook fans a very simple question: If you could give anything to anyone, what would you give? They received many responses and most were very touching. They even decided to make a few of those come true, but one response stood out above the rest.

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I read this and immediately thought of my wife, who is always complaining about her skin and feeling old. Apparently, there is actually a secret food that helps French women to be some of the skinniest, most beautiful and longest living people in the world - STINKY CHEESE!!

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The next few days will be one of the busiest travel times of the year on the roadways and a good time to be reminded how dangerous road rage can be. We have all seen it, and a lot of us have gotten angry ourselves at other drivers who cut us off, ride our bumper, fail to signal or whatever else. Be very careful how you respond to that other driver because you have no idea who they are and what they might be capable of.

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Dysart's Restaurant in Bangor, Maine wanted to do a local TV commercial. Oh sure, they could have hired professional actors to play the parts, but they wanted something a little more real that was an accurate reflection of their clientele so, they hired a local elderly couple to star in the commercial.

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Like many businesses, McDonald's for the most part stays closed on Christmas Day. Some restaurants will open Christmas, like Denny's for example, who will open at 8 am at their Tri-State locations.

It was reported today, however, that McDonald's USA COO Jim Johannesen is encouraging franchises to stay open this year on Christmas Day.

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Elf on the Shelf is a very popular tradition for a lot of people in the Tri-State and has been for a number of years, but what is the message the tradition is sending to the kids? That's the question some parents groups are asking.

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McKenna Pope is probably a name you don't know, but the Easy-Bake Oven is a name you have known for decades, but how are the two related? Pope is  a 13-year-old from Garfield, N.J.who petitioned Hasbro to make the Easy-Bake Oven more gender neutral because some little boys, her brother included, enjoy baking with it too.

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The funerals have started in Newtown, Connecticut and we are left with so many unanswered questions about how something like this could ever happen in our society and as often as they do. This morning on the show, I posed a question to Leslie about whether this is a gun control issue or mental health issue, or a combination of both. Gun control is now once again THE topic, but I think it's important to note that guns don't kill people, people kill people.

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Here we go again... political correctness at it's finest and this time the target is Santa, or more specifically, Santa's pipe. Pamela McColl of Vancouver, Canada has published a new version of "Twas the Night before Christmas' where Santa loses the pipe and pipe tobacco. McColl is an anti-smoking activist who mortgaged her home and spent $200,000 of her own money to get this new version of the story published.

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