- 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" atMacy's department store .Sedaris first read the essay on
National Public Radio 's "Morning Edition " onDecember 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 theAtlantic Theater Company in New York onNovember 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 theCamelCase "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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