Mike performs his extreme version of the Frank Capra classic, It's a Wonderful Life, which he endeavors to do in 10 minutes or so. This year, he enlists the aid of Producer Heather Frey, Our Town host Mike Sanders and Mighty House host Ron Cowgill.

In the first hour of this special three-hour broadcast, Mike Nowak joins Our Town host Mike Sanders to talk about the WCPT Holiday Harvest Food Drive. Guests: the Our Town regulars--Julia Shu, Fred Newson, Ernest James and Lady B. For the next two hours, Mike Sanders returns the favor and sits in with show host Mike Nowak. Guests: Producer Heather Frey, The Local Beet's Rob Gardner, Megan Sikes of the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, and The Frozen Robins caroling group.

Mike talks to the Reverand Dr. Bill Shereos, Senior Pastor of the First Evangelical Free Church of Andersonville, and Bob Kollman of the North Shore Unitarian Church in Deerfield about the WCPT Holiday Harvest food drive, which runs from December 1 through December 11. Mary Mitsos, Vice President of Conservation Programs for the National Forest Foundation, and Paul Botts, Executive Director of the Wetlands Initiative, explain why the NFF recently named the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie the eighth site of it's Treasured Landscapes series.

Barbara Melera, owner of D. Landreth Seed Company, previews the release of the 2012 Catalog and reports on progress to sell one million copies to erase their debt. Mike talks pencils, other writing tools and the environment with Jamie Gallagher, President and CEO of Faber-Castelle USA/Creativity for Kids. Suzanne Keers, co-founder and executive director of Local First Chicago, promotes their campaign Unwrap Chicago: Eat, Drink and Buy Local. Mike counts down to the WCPT Holiday Harvest broadcast on December 4.

Suzanne Keers, co-founder and executive director of Local First Chicago, promotes Unwrap Chicago: East, Drink and Buy Local, which she says could pump as much as 25 million dollars into the local economy.