My most recent holiday listen in my iPod is Holidays on Ice, a collection of short stories by the fabulous David Sedaris. The stories are:
"SantaLand Diaries" - Sedaris' recounts his experiences working as an elf at Macy's department store. His elf name? Crumpet!
"Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!" - A Christmas letter from the Dunbar clan. Mrs. Dunbar has had a busy year, what with the appearance of her husband's illegitmate Vietnamese daughter and her assuming responsibility for a crack-addicted baby grandson.
"Dinah, the Christmas Whore" - Sedaris's sister Lisa brings home a friend that delights the family.
"Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol" - A frustrated theater critic caustically reviews the local grade schools' Christmas pageants, from 1st and 2nd graders attempting the Nativity Story to 11 year olds dramatizing A Christmas Carol. It is perfection.
"Based on a True Story" - A member of the media begs a church congregation for information on a heartbreaking story involving a local resident.
"Christmas Means Giving" - Battling neighbors try to outdo each other with holiday generosity, in a perverse variation on keeping up with the Joneses.
These deliciously evil stories had me chuckling as the dogs and I took our morning strolls - I highly recommend this book!
posted by Diane at 5:11 PM
9 Comments:
I read it a couple Christmases ago. It's had me hysterical the whole way through.
Does Sedaris do the reading on the audio version? I love his delivery of his work.
la - he does most of it, but Amy Sedaris does some, and Ann Magnuson (I think) reads the Dunbar family Christmas Letter
He is hysterical. One more for the wish list!
That story where he's an elf at Macy's is classic!
I've never heard of it....I'll have to check it out.
This does sound great! It's a little late for this next--will have to remember it for next year at Christmas--thanks for the recommendation
OMG I love that BOOK!!! And now I have to download it from iTunes because both David and Amy read it. I seriously have died and gone to heaven.
I think I'll download it too. I love his voice.
david sedaris is da bomb!! and i love holidays on ice, if ya know what i mean.
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