On the 362nd day of Christmas...

Matt is trying to put together The Ultimate Christmas Album. Don't get excited - it's not going to be a gift for anyone other than himself. It's just that Matt is sick of the lame-o, sappy Christmas music they play on The Lite all day.

Where's the Red Baron? Pretty little dolly? Japanese Transistor Radio?

Here's what Matt has on his list so far:

"(It Must Have Been Ol') Santa Claus" by Harry Connick Jr. (Great song, but why do they make part of the title parenthetical? Matt never understood that.)

"Santa Claus is Coming To Town" by Bruce Springsteen (Next time you see Mr. and Mrs. Hanley, ask them about a little Matt rocking out to this song.)

"You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch" by Thurl Ravenscroft ('Your heart is full of unwashed socks, Your soul is full of gunk' - only a guy named Thurl Ravenscroft could come up with lyrics that fantastic.)

"Run, Rudolph Run" by Chuck Berry (Rock and roll Christmas. "Jingle Bell Rock" would work, too.)

"The Christmas Song" as sung by Nat King Cole (Sorry, Velvet Fog, Nat's the classic)

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" as sung by Judy Garland (So wonderful, so sad?)

"White Christmas" by Bing Crosby (Tree tops glisten, and children liiisten...)

"Santa Baby" by Kylie Minogue (Matt can't decide if he likes this song, or if it's dirty.)

"Jingle Bells" by Barbara Streisand (Megan and Matt used to - well, still - love this song)

"Gimme gimme take take" from the Cabbage Patch Christmas (Would you even bother having Christmas without it?

"I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Bing Crosby (Matt's favorite Christmas song of all time - really!)

"Baby, it's Cold Outside" by Dean Martin and Martina McBride

"Happy Xmas" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Did you notice they wish Merry Christmas to their kids at the beginning of the song?)

"A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives (Eastern Illinois' finest - sorry Tony Romo - delivers the happiest Christmas song of all.)

"Silent Night" sung in church at midnight mass (Best Christmas memories.)

"Dominick the Donkey" by Lou Monte (What would Christmas be without it?)

What's Matt missing? Post your suggestions below.

Or if you'd rather just daydream, here's an excerpt from a column Matt wrote for the Beacon News the day after Christmas 2005, about what happens in Part II of your favorite Christmas carols.

On the 13th Day of Christmas, from Aurora Beacon News

by Matt Staff Writer

I admit there's a sick, tiny part of me that wants a one-day extension. For today only, the radio stations would be filled with post-Christmas songs that finally tell us what happened to all our favorite Yuletime characters.

And since no one's written the songs - and I have as much musical talent as a dead mouse - I'll just throw out some suggestions for the Christmas Day Plus One Musical Mix.

Send me a candy cane if you a make million off any of these:

[] "Grandma got rehabilitative surgery" This song will not only include instructions on how to get hoof print stains out of a heavy wool sweater, but also provide handy tips on co-pay insurance.

Suggested lyric: "Now you may say there's no such thing as health care, and as for Grandpa and I, we believe."

[] "I got a hippopotamus for Christmas" An otherwise happy home is ruined when a little girls' ambitious Christmas wish actually comes true, teaching her an important lesson: Don't wish for anything bigger than a bison.

[] "Mommy v. Santa, case 05L1225" After Santa Claus gets a little frisky under the mistletoe, he finds himself facing a sexual harassment suit in civil court. Song could include testimony from a young boy who accidentally witnessed what prosecutors are calling a "below the beard tickle".

[] "Drummer boy" The Christmas drummer gets his garage band shut down by his subdivision's noise ordinance.

[] "Do you hear what I hear?" Lyrics: "Said the night wind to the little lamb, 'Do you see what I see?' Over at Target, little lamb; X-Boxes are half off. A deal, a deal, shining in the store, I can't believe what they charged me the day before."

[] "Frosty the puddle" What did you think happens in August?