SantaLand Diaries "
SantaLand Diaries" recounts Sedaris' experiences working as an
elf at
Macy's department store. The essay was originally broadcast on
NPR, and is also included in Sedaris' first book
Barrel Fever.
Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!! A Christmas letter from the Dunbar clan detailing matriarch Mrs. Dunbar's slow descent into insanity during the holiday season—belied by her insistently cheerful tone—as she is forced to cope with the discovery of her husband's infidelity, the resultant prostitute stepdaughter left in their care, and her drug-addict daughter's premature pregnancy. Also first published in
Barrel Fever.
Dinah, the Christmas Whore Sedaris recalls the Christmas that he was taken on a late-night ride downtown by his sister, Lisa, to rescue a prostitute from her abusive boyfriend. This story was also published in Sedaris' 1997 book
Naked.
Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol A review of the local grade school's Christmas pageant.
Based on a True Story Where a member of the media begs a church congregation for information on a heartbreaking story.
Christmas Means Giving Where battling neighbors try to outdo each other with holiday generosity. ==See also==