David Sedaris’s first book was Barrel Fever (1994), which included his essay “The SantaLand Diaries.” The latter story helped make his name as a humorist when he first read it on National Public Radio in December 1992. It recounts Sedaris’s experiences working as a Christmas elf at a Macy’s department store in Manhattan.
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