Putterham Book Group
David Sedaris, Holidays on Ice
Dec 20, 2010 Putterham
“Holidays on Ice” is a collection of three previously published stories matched with three newer ones, all, of course, on a Christmas theme. Worth the price of the book alone is the hilarious SantaLand Diaries, Sedaris's chronicle of his time working as an elf at Macy's, covering everything from the preliminary group lectures ("You are not a dancer. If you were a real dancer you wouldn't be here. You're an elf and you're going to wear panties like an elf.") to the perils of inter-elf flirtation. Read it aloud to the adults after the kids have gone to bed. From amazon.com
SantaLand Diaries was originally presented as a feature on NPR, and if you can, listen to a recording of David Sedaris reading it.The Minuteman Library Network has several recordings of it, including one downloadable copy from OverDrive.