Location : Cleveland, OH
At 134 pages, Holidays on Ice is one of the shortest books I have read. But it has taken me about 4 months to finish it. No, it isn't that the book was boring, it was just that, well, at 134 pages, I found that I could put this book down and attack other, longer, books.
Contents:
SantaLand Diaries
Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!
Dinah, the Christmas Whore
Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol
Based Upon a True Story
Christmas Means Giving
"SantaLand Diaries" is worth the price of admission. This is David's diary of working as an Elf at Macy's SantaLand. Great inside look at working during the holidays at New York's Macy store. The other story that is a work of nonfiction is "Dinah, the Christmas Whore," where David talks about his sister's rescue of a woman during the holiday season. Extremely funny interaction at the Sedaris house, and David learns something about his family.
"Season's Greetings" is a very funny look at the tradition of sending out a letter to family friends recapping the year. A rather dysfunctional family, to be honest, and the ending has a nice twist. If you ever send out those letters, this letter is not one that you usually write. And that is what made it funny (and at times, laugh out loud funny). "Christmas Means Giving" gives a whole new meaning to the phrase. One-upmanship like you have never seen.
If you have kids, and you have attended the "Holiday Pageant," "Front Row..." is a nasty review of the children's pageant. But I guess that is what made this story so amusing - you may think it, but you would never say it. David lays it all out for you. Finally, "Based Upon a True Story," takes the whole reality TV/Made for TV genre to a new, lower, level. After reading those two stories, you realize that David can be dark and twisted.
I think that David is best when he writes about himself or his family. "SantaLand Diaries" and "Dinah" are the two best stories in the book, as he relates his own experiences for you. Reading this book during the Christmas season will bring a smile to your face and allow you to see the holidays in a whole new light.
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