Santaland Diaries

It is a humorous account of Sedaris' stint working as a Christmas elf in "Santaland" at Macy's department store.

Sedaris first read the essay on National Public Radio's Morning Edition on December 23, 1992.

A much longer version of the piece first aired on December 20, 1996, on the Public Radio International program This American Life.

[4] 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 City on November 7, 1996.

"[6] Although Sedaris has claimed that the account is true, fact-checking by This American Life and others in the wake of the Mike Daisey Foxconn controversy has clouded the issue.