Holidays on Ice
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris is a reprint edition published by Little, Brown on October 20, 2010, featuring 176 pages in English. This collection presents a series of humorous essays that explore various holiday experiences through Sedaris’s unique lens. Readers will encounter a mix of familiar favorites and new stories, including the diaries of a Macy’s elf and the challenges of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French.
In this edition, Sedaris delves into the quirks of holiday traditions and family dynamics, offering insights into topics such as Halloween, Christmas, and the complexities of cultural celebrations. The narratives include tales of competitive families, tardy trick-or-treaters, and a barnyard Secret Santa gone wrong, all infused with Sedaris’s signature black humor and satire. This collection invites readers to reflect on the absurdities of holiday life while enjoying Sedaris’s sharp wit and engaging storytelling.
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David Sedaris’s beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favorites as 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” (Economist).
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