i heard david read this story and many others a few years back. laughed very hard that night. highly recommended see him if he tours near you in the future.

David Sedaris is the older brother of Amy from Strangers With Candy and Tumbling with Stephen Colbert. He writes books and then reads those books aloud in front of paying audiences.

I kind of regret that I didn't find this before Christ Mass, although it is not really about Christmas. It is more about specialized non-American holiday traditions, which may include six to eight black men, and beatings administered by St. Nicholas and his black entourage.

And it is fantastic.

I heard this on NPR one day on my way home from work. Had I laughed any harder, I would had driven my car into the median. Don't drive and listen to Sedaris.

Ah, I'm glad I clicked on this! Lovely delivery and very amusing.

Sedaris has a lovely reading voice. Highly recommend his book, "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim".

The first time I heard Sedaris he was reading the Santaland Diaries and I was driving on a superhighway. I started laughing so hard that I had to pull over into the breakdown lane to finish listening. So I agree with rickegee, Sedaris and driving don't mix!

He is truly a national ... if not international ... treasure.

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