Some holiday stories are stranger than fiction, like how once upon a time, writer and humorist David Sedaris worked as a Macy's department store elf. He wrote about his experience and the unmerry side ...

It's tradition! Writer and humorist David Sedaris reflects on his short tenure as Crumpet the Elf at Macy's. Sedaris first read the "Santaland... David Sedaris Reads From His 'Santaland Diaries' You ...

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The life of David Sedaris took an unexpected, and not entirely unwelcome, turn when his "Santaland Diaries" were first broadcast on Morning Edition in 1992. Sedaris recounted his experiences playing ...