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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9781600244872 Edition: Unabridged Format: Audiobook, Unabridged ISBN: 1600244874 Label: Hachette Audio Manufacturer: Hachette Audio Number Of Items: 4 Publication Date: October 08, 2008 Publisher: Hachette Audio Studio: Hachette Audio Editorial Review: Product Description: David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French ("Jesus Shaves"); what to do when you've been locked out in a snowstorm ("Let It Snow"); the puzzling Christmas traditions of other nations ("Six to Eight Black Men"); what Halloween at the medical examiner's looks like ("The Monster Mash"); and a barnyard secret Santa scheme gone awry ("Cow and Turkey"). No matter what your favorite holiday, you won't want to miss celebrating it with the author who has been called "one of the funniest writers alive" ( Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Wonderfully funny and sadisticOne of my favorite Sedaris collections. It has some new stories as well as some old that I have read elsewhere. Great stocking stuffer for a Sedaris fan. All the stories are hilarious - especially "Santaland Diaries." Sedaris has a gift for humor that shines throughout this book. Rating:  - Holiday TalesDavid Sedaris is a witty author who writes essays that can be simultaneously humorous and disturbing. This collection of stories confirms this impression, and they are loosely autobiographical, and sometimes veer into the purely fictitious. "Santaland Diaries" falls in the first category as the humble author writes "I am a thirty-three-year-old man applying for a job as an elf." He writes about the dark side of a full time elf job, selecting his elf name of "Crumpet", donning a green velvet ... Read More Rating:  - The fractured side of ChristmasDavid Sedaris Little Brown, Co., 2008 ISBN: 0316035904 Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for ReviewYourBook.com, 10/08 4 Stars The fractured side of Christmas... I'm not sure what I was expecting when I began reading Holidays On Ice. What I found was a collection of short stories by David Sedaris. At sometime or other, we each have lost that holiday spirit and turned into Grinch. I have always loved Christmas and enjoyed putting up my tree on my birthday. My husband ... Read More Rating: - Hell....O, this is funny!Reviewed by Danelle Drakefor Reader Views (10/08) Really, really good short stories are really, really rare. "Holidays on Ice" is one of those rare treats. DO NOT PACK IT AWAY WITH THE ARTIFICIAL CHRIST MAS TREE - LEAVE IT OUT YEAR-ROUND! When you begin the book reading "Santa Land Diaries" you imagine yourself right there in elf hell and from that point on you are hooked. How can you take yourself serious when you are an elf? Each story after that will make you smile ... Read More Rating: - Hilarious! The new stories are a welcome addition!I read the original version of this collection a few years ago and really enjoyed it so I jumped at the chance of reading the stories again and the new additional stories! The new stories are definitely a welcome addition! Of the original stories, The SantaLand Diaries starts the collection off on a hilarious note. You get to read bout the inner workings of being a department store Christmas elf. The crazy santas, elves and customers! Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!! starts ... Read More |
