So with 49 weeks to go, for humor this week I turn to the hilarious David Sedaris. When I was putting together this reading theme and came to humor I really couldn’t think of anyone else. I kept laughing in my head thinking about some of his lines from his previous work that I’ve read. Needless to say my entries this week will be laughing nuggets from Holidays on Ice.
Sedaris is funny. Really, really funny! He is that laugh out loud kind of humor and the thing is he writes about things we see every day around us and really have experienced in some form. He just makes it humorous. He simply turns to his family, his life, his experiences and some daily droll for side-splitting humor. His humor has been called “autobiographical and self-deprecating”.
Holidays on Ice was published in December 1997 and is a collection of some published and some new essays. SantaLand Diaries, one of the essays in the book (perhaps the best one) is 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.
I’m so excited to start this book! (Yes, the work is still pouring in).
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Ha, ha so fun reading Jesus Shaves together haha. Holidays on ice is so great though, SantaLand is the best.
You remember that audio we were listening to for Jesus Shaves? Where was it? Send me a link if you can find it. Its pee in my pants funny! His voice just makes it even more hilarious!
Btw, loved the squirrel hanging by the window ;-)
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