SantaLand Diaries

SantaLand Diaries

SantaLand Diaries is an essay by David Sedaris. It is a true and humorous account of Sedaris' stint working as an elf in "SantaLand" at Macy's department store.

Sedaris first read the essay on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" on December 23 1992.cite news |first=Raymond M. |last=Lane |title=Acerbic Adventures in 'Santaland' |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/22/AR2005122200527.html |work=Washington Post |date=2005-12-23 |accessdate=2006-12-29 ] The piece was well received, and provided Sedaris with his first major break.cite web |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5066175 |title=Sedaris and Crumpet the Elf: A Holiday Tradition |accessdate=2006-12-29 |work=NPR website ] Sedaris later published the essay in the collections "Barrel Fever" (1994) and "" (1997).

tage adaptation

In 1996, Joe Mantello adapted Sedaris' essay for the stage as a one-man, one-act play, which debuted (as "The Santaland Diaries") at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York on November 7 1996. [cite web |url=http://www.longwharf.org/pdfs/offstage_santa.pdf |title=Offstage: An Audience Guide to "The Santaland Diaries" |accessdate=2006-12-29 |format=pdf |work=Long Wharf Theatre website ] Mantello's adaptation has since become a seasonal staple of regional, college and high-school theatre.

Name

The actual Macy's department where children may meet Santa Claus is called "SantaLand", and this is how Sedaris spells the word in his published collections. However, the play is usually performed as "The Santaland Diaries", without the CamelCase "L", and it is common to see the essay styled in this fashion, even by NPR.

References

External links

* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5066175 "The SantaLand Diaries" at NPR]


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