TY - BOOK AU - Sedaris, David. TI - Holidays on ice SN - 0316779237 AV - PS3569.E314 H65 1998 U1 - 813/.54 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Boston PB - Back Bay Books KW - Humorous stories, American KW - Fiction KW - Families KW - Christmas stories, American KW - United States N1 - 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 N2 - The author has always had a special affinity for Christmas. His celebrated National Public Radio debut, The Santa Land Diaries, which first appeared in print in Barrel Fever was hailed by the Seattle Times. The New York Times also wrote of this book. Now The Santa Land Diaries & five other hilarious Christmas stories are available in a wonderfully subversive holiday gift package. For anyone who has had enough of the forced good cheer, family madness, & commercial overkill of Christmas, Holidays on Ice will be the perfect antidote ER -