Santaland Diaries, by David Sedaris, about his work as a Macy’s elf

Audio of David Sedaris on NPR’s This American Life:

The diaries are about David’s two Christmas seasons working as an elf in Macy’s department store on New York’s Herald Square. When it was first broadcast, it generated more requests for tapes than any story in Morning Edition’s history except the death of Red Barber. (34 minutes)

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Christmas elf

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