• "A Christmas Carol" took $31 million at the box office. Also, the Oscar front-runner "Precious" broke the record for most per screen average, taking in $1.8 million on only 18 screens. Hollywood Insider

• Apparently the "snood," a cross between a hood and a scarf, is going to be one of the holiday's hottest fashion gifts. WSJ

• A bad economy's putting some cities at higher risk for rat invasion. ABC News

• Behold, a cure for H1N1! Not really. IMGRR

• Should boys be able to wear skirts to school? NY Times

• Next week The Ross will show a free sneak of the Kristen Bell romcom "When in Rome." The movie looks terrrrrrible. But it is free so ... The Ross

• Pittsburgh gets an 11-foot bronze statue of Mr. Rogers. Post-Gazette

• That Roger Sterling is one funny dude. YouTube

• In case you missed this weekend's mostly meh "Saturday Night Live," there was one really funny moment, a Digital Short "Twilight" parody. Taylor Swift plays an angsty girl who falls for the wrong Frankenstein. NBC

• Crazy: The world's most famous paintings reproduced using coffee. Gizmodo

• Publishers want you to read, so much so they've started creating action-packed book trailers. Check out the trailer to Stephen King's "Under the Dome," which hits shelves Tuesday. Shelf Life

• A well-made montage of famous movie quotes. Videogum