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Summary: humorous
Review: I liked Me Talk Pretty One Day better. Holidays on Ice is a mix of autobiographical stories and fiction. I prefer his autobiographical ones, but I still thought all of the stories were great except for one.
It's a very short book - I read the whole thing after dinner last night.
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Summary: a.k.a., Reflections of an Increasingly Sick Society
Review: A writer of any caliber, with any skill, would not need to sink to the depths of Sedaris to make a point. There is nothing funny about killing infants or using the mentally or physically disabled to make a satirical point. Have we, as a society, lost all our sensitivity? This book is quite sick. Its definitely not funny!
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Summary: Wickedly Funny
Review: If you like sarcastic social commentary, you'll love this book. These short stories & essays are hysterical! "Santaland Diaries" is especially funny. So is "Based On A True Story". (Dark, but funny.)
Other sarcastic social commentary you may also enjoy: "No One's Even Bleeding" & "Delano".
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Summary: Simple And Satisfying
Review: This is one of those rare perfect volumes that you just don't find often nowadays. A stocking stuffer, a secret santa gift, or something just to share with a friend, this is one of the best pieces of literature few dollars will get you. The SantaLand Diaries is worth the price of the book alone, quite possibly the funniest short story ever written. ...
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Summary: SantaLand Diaries is all it is
Review: I like David Sedaris and usually find his stuff very funny with that certain twist. The first story - Santaland Diaries was great - the others, not so great. Some were absolutely horrible-- things no one wants to envision during the holidays. Does that make it funny? The others were just plain boring. He could do better. "Me Talk Pretty One Day" was so much fun to read!
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Summary: Yes it's recycled from his other books...
Review: But it does make for a great "Intro to Sedaris" you can use to get your friends and family hooked. Also a far more convienient size to keep in the bathroom for the holidays....
A great stocking stuffer for anyone who might think there is definately something odd about grown people prancing around department stores herding other people's children.
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Summary: Mostly hysterical
Review: For the most part I found this book to be outragously funny. The Santaland Diaries had me laughing harder then I have in a long long time. It is by far the best story in this collection. The other really good ones are Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol and Christmas Means Giving. Seasons Greetings to Our Friends and Family was also quite funny. The only ones I didn't like as much were Based on a True Story which was funny but not nearly on the level of the others in this collection and Dinah the Christmas Whore which I found to be quite boring. All in all, with the exception of Dinah I'd highly recomend this quirky Christmas collection that will have you laughing until you cry.
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Summary: Good Start, but lacking
Review: The Santaland Diaries was quite amusing. However, I did not find the remaining stories engaging.
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Summary: Well, of course it's brilliant, but...
Review: ...the content can be found in all of his other books, which makes this one more of a "collector's item" for those of us who have read literally every other thing Mr. Sedaris has written. Well, what the heck! It's a cute little book and it's on sale.
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Summary: entertaining...
Review: The book was worth reading, even if it's just for the first story, which I really enjoyed. I would say it was the best of the group of stories that was in the book. The others were okay, but not as good.
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