This week's house band on 'Dancing with the Stars' (Mon., 8PM ET on ABC) had the network reaching into the way-back machine to 1997. There they found the brothers Hanson, and the pop trio treated 'Dancing' fans with their biggest hit, 'MMMBop.'

While the boys were but tweens and teens when the song took them to number one, they're now aged 25-30. Nevertheless, they looked and sounded as youthful as we remember while clearly having fun playing with the 'DWTS' dancers performing in front of them.

On a night of "Guilty Pleasures" we could all take a moment and remember the t-shirts we had, and the well-worn cassingle we listened to so much the lettering on the outside had faded as fast as a ... well, an mmmbop.

Where would we be without the hallowed television Christmas special? We would be engaged in enthralling conversations with relatives who like to give the backstory about the gall bladder operation pictures they still carry in their wallet. We would be playing defense against every breakable item in the house while the neighbor's kids get enough sugar in their systems to power the Space Shuttle. We would not only have to muster the courage to taste Grandma's homemade rum and Kahula fruitcake, but also to pretend that we like it without our stomach turning inside out, crawling up our esophagus and out of our mouth.

Even if those scenarios will be true for you on Dec. 25, I offer you my pity as my Christmas gift. Plus, you still would rather spend it listening to ol' Uncle Hernia Scar than watching one of these holiday hams.