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    <body><![CDATA[After reading the first short story, I thought this was going to be a delightful book.  &quot;SantaLand Diaries,&quot; after all, had me rolling down the isle of the plane on which I was reading it... Okay, I was just giggling constantly with frequent bursts of loud laugher interspersed.  No rolling...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9385473">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay. Let it be said: &quot;Santaland Diaries,&quot; the first essay of this book, is wonderful. But the rest of the book is basically filler; this was before Sedaris found his niche (humor essayist), and it <em>really</em> shows. He should never, ever write fiction, for example, and yet he tries to here. Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1755892">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[David Sedaris is messed up!  I can't even begin to tell you, you'll just have to read these Christmas stories on crack and find out for yourself.<br/><br/>Holidays on Ice is a collection of six short stories all wrapped up in a black Christmas bow.  They are dark, sarcastic, evil, irreverent, funn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9375526">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm afraid my book-selection privileges will be revoked by my book club for choosing this one.  <br/><br/>I enjoy David Sedaris, in part because of his constant vigilance for finding the worst in people.  Exploring the darker side of man makes for funny personal essays.<br/><br/>But when he turn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40140327">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my introduction to David Sedaris, and I have to say I found a couple of the stories very, very funny. &quot;The SantaLand Diaries&quot; - about Sedaris' job as an elf at Macy's during the Christmas season - was absolutely hilarious. It took me back to my collegiate summer job at Walt Disney...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39183147">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a wicked book. Everytime I read it, it prompts me to be more fearless in my own work. <br/><br/>He's dark. He's nasty. He'll make you laugh until you spit. It just isn't Christmas at my house w/o the family gathered around the turkey and me reading from &quot;SantaLand Diaries.&quot; Sedaris...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9231293">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, I can't say I found this to be terribly hilarious, the humor seems to sit somewhere between NPR's Car Talk and a half-rate Dane Cook show. However, some of the stories were really cute. I didn't quite have to force myself to finish it. Not bad, not bad, but I'd expect more from someone rumored...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40444886">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was pretty disappointed in this collection and not just because that most of these essays and stories have been published in other books he has written that I already have. Nevertheless, some of the essays will bring a smile to anyone's face who wants to experience eccentric and unconventional Chr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40367692">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a quick read around the holidays (or anytime).  Hilarious!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;the santaland diaries&quot; alone made it worth the read. absolutely hilarious. the other stories...not so much.  definitely not his best.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I have heard many of David Sedaris' works read by the author, I still have to say that the first selection in this audio collection is one of my favorites.  Entitled &quot;The Santaland Diaries&quot; it is funny in a voyeuristic sort of way, in the way it is hard to look away when there is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50951031">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another wonderful Sedaris read!  This one is a collection of stories previously published in his other books, as well as some new ones, all relating to the holidays.  David Sedaris is one of the few authors whose works make me laugh out loud.<br/><br/>My favorite story of his is called &quot;Six t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45057624">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's David Sedaris, of course it's five stars!<br/><br/>Not to mention that in this book, Sedaris is discussing one of his funniest topics - family.<br/><br/>This book is worth reading if for no other reason than for the Dunbar family holiday newsletter. You know the cheesy, bragging, generic le...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44617991">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I became a fan of David Sedaris last year, and when my sister gave me this collection of holiday-themed stories and essays I jumped right in. The pieces range from ostensibly autobiographical to completely fabrcated. One may tell the fictional (not to mention absurd) tale of two rich families trying...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43229965">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the December books for the Cyber Book Club.<br/><br/>Okay, this is my first experience with David Sedaris. He writes really well, and I found myself chuckling at the book in places, but just as often my mouth was hanging open in shock at what the characters were doing/what they were saying,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40266918">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[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! <br/><br/>Of the original stories, The SantaLand Diaries starts the collectio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40045912">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Now you know that I love David Sedaris.  I want to be his best friend--although I know that I would end up as a wacky and pathetic character in one of his essays.  These essays, most which have been printed in other works, all deal with holidays.  Some of them were wonderful (The SantaLand Diaries) ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39136292">more...</a>]]></body>
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