Backstage at iHeartRadio's star-studded Jingle Ball, some of pop's brightest lights gathered for tinsel-enhanced photo action, and John Sykes and Tom Poleman posed for more pics than you have hot dinners.

"Since you're so good at goodbyes," reasons iHeart programming boss Tom Poleman to Capitol star Sam Smith, "I figure you'll also be skilled at recording dozens of station IDs for P3s in the upper Midwest. Join me in sub-basement recording module three, and don't forget your throat lozenges."

Safehouse/Island/Hollywood's Demi Lovato asks Tom Poleman if there's really going to be an eggnog fountain.

Republic's Liam Payne and Def Jam's Logic join iHeart's John Sykes and Ryan Seacrest for this seasonal tableau, after which Ryan suggested Logic do a song about the number you call to order pizza.