Holidays on Ice (book)
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| Author(s) | David Sedaris |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Essay and short story collection |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
| Publication date | December 1997 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 128 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-316-77998-9 (first edition, hardcover) |
| OCLC Number | 37187549 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 21 |
| LC Classification | PS3569.E314 H65 1997 |
| Preceded by | Naked |
| Followed by | Me Talk Pretty One Day |
Holidays on Ice is a 1997 collection of essays about Christmas, some new and some previously published, by David Sedaris.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol
A review of the local grade school's Christmas pageant.
[edit] Based on a True Story
Where a member of the media begs a church congregation for information on a heartbreaking story.
[edit] Christmas Means Giving
Where battling neighbors try to outdo each other with holiday generosity.
