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"Santaland Diaries" is an essay written by David Sedaris. It is a humorous account of Sedaris' stint working as a Christmas elf in "Santaland" at Macy's department store. Sedaris first read the essay on National Public Radio's Morning Edition on December 23, 1992. [1] The piece was well received, and provided Sedaris with his first major break. [2]
The most famous of the essays is "SantaLand Diaries", the essay that made Sedaris famous when he read it on National Public Radio in 1992. The essay tells of his experiences working as an elf named Crumpet at Macy's. [2] The other is "Diary of a Smoker", which was made into a 13-minute film shown at Sundance Film Festival by Matthew Modine. [2]
Holidays on Ice is a 1997 collection of essays and stories about Christmas, some new and some previously published, by David Sedaris. Sedaris was named by The Economist as one of the funniest writers alive. [1] This is one of his first works, which was subsequently re-released with additional new passages.
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David Raymond Sedaris (/ s ɪ ˈ d ɛər ɪ s / sih-DAIR-iss; born December 26, 1956) [1] [2] is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He was publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "Santaland Diaries". He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994.
As David Sedaris kicks off his American tour, we talk about chatty cabbies, things that ruin movies, and people who promise to leave if Trump wins. David Sedaris is flummoxed by this American ...
A Carnival of Snackeries: Diaries: Volume Two (2003-2020) The Best of Me is a compilation of essays and short fiction by American humorist David Sedaris . It was released by Little, Brown and Company on November 3, 2020, with every entry in the collection selected by Sedaris himself.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Works by David Sedaris" ... Santaland Diaries;