Stephen Colbert's gift to us all

As you can see, Stephen Colbert is feeling lighter than air now that he's heard that his terrifically funny "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" was the most-watched program on all of basic cable Sunday night, with 2.3 million viewers, and now you can own a nominal part of basic-cable history by bidding on the spectacularly ugly pair of boots he wore on the special. Bidding's already up to $1,325, so I hope Stephen sprayed some Desenex in them after wearing them under those hot TV lights.

All proceeds benefit Feeding America. If you can't pony up that kind of cash, you can still donate to Feeding America at Colbert's MySpace site and maybe you'll win a comfy sweater or one of his Christmas stockings, which hopefully he didn't go putting his feet in.