Holidays on Ice
by David Sedaris
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Author: David SedarisEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-08
ISBN: 0316035904
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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- ISBN13: 9780316035903
- Condition: New
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Book Review: A Hilarious Spin on the Holidays!
Summary: 4 Stars
I'll do a breakdown on what I thought about each of the stories.
SantaLand Diaries - This one I would have to say is my fave out of all the stories. This one hooked me right from the first page. I just couldn't stop laughing. My other half was looking at me like I was nuts! LOL
I'll give you an example, 'I often see people on the streets dressed as objects and handing out leaflets. I tend to avoid leaflets but it breaks my heart to see a grown man dressed as a taco. So if there is a costume involved, I tend to not only, accept the leaflet, but to accept it graciously, saying, "Thank you very much," and thinking, You poor, pathetic son of a bitch. I don't know what you have but I hope never catch it.'
Just too funny!
Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family! - This story was funny to with a very odd ending. It's about the Dunbar family, with whom the husband at one point in time went to war, had sex with a Viatmenese woman and had a child who showed up their doorstep one day. Well, let's just say that this one was pretty darn funny!
Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol - This one was short and sweet and pretty much to the point with talk about television and plays. It has a lot of talk about the shows that the schools put on for the holiday season.
Based Upon a True Story - This story is told by a gentleman who is taking the place of a minister. So he is practically preaching to the people in the crowd. He wants the help of this poor congregation so that he can get his 'story' to be 'based upon a true story'. This one was pretty funny.
Christmas Means Giving - Two families who take Christmas way beyond the 'means giving' part to out-do each other every single year. This one I found to be pretty hilarious.
Dinah, The Christmas Whore - Who takes a whore home? Well, in this story, this family takes her in like she's a celebrity!
Jesus Shaves - Talks about religion in a French class full of adults who are trying to do an exercise where they are going to be using the word 'one' as a pronoun. A lot of referring to the different holidays. Funny.
Us and Them - A young boy is recounting his life with his mother when they moved to North Carolina. He found it interesting to spy on the neighbors to see what they did in their time off. Lots of talk about TV and why some people watched it continously and others didn't 'believe' in it.
Let It Snow - It snowed and snowed and lucky them got snow days. Their mother had a nervous breakdown and then someone lost their shoe!
Six to Eight Black Men - A story about the local gun laws that interests him and makes him a proud American. This one was pretty good.
The Monster Mash - Dead bodies, anyone? Let me give you an example of this story, 'By this point in my stay, my list of don'ts covered three pages and included such reminders as: never fall asleep in a dumpster, never underestimate a bee, never drive a convertible behind a flatbed truck, never get old, never get drunk near a train, and never, under any circumstances, cut off your air supply while masterbating.' Okay, I think you get the point! LOL
The Cow and the Turkey - A Christmas story with animals who are playing Secret Santa with each other. There is a lesson to be learned at the end of this one.
All in all, I enjoyed the entire book! I laughed out loud, oh, I don't know how many times. But it really was good to read something that put a hilarious spin on the holiday season!
Summary of Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favorites as the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French ("Jesus Shaves"); what to do when you've been locked out in a snowstorm ("Let It Snow"); the puzzling Christmas traditions of other nations ("Six to Eight Black Men"); what Halloween at the medical examiner's looks like ("The Monster Mash"); and a barnyard secret Santa scheme gone awry ("Cow and Turkey").No matter what your favorite holiday, you won't want to miss celebrating it with the author who has been called "one of the funniest writers alive" (
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