Wayward Advent Calendar: David Sedaris’ Santaland Diaries

One of the joys of the holiday season is knowing that on the morning of Christmas Eve, NPR’s Morning Edition will once again play David Sedaris‘ reading of the Santaland Diaries. However, while amazing, it’s still not quite the full story. Sedaris has the whole story in print, both in his book Barrel Fever, as well as a collection of nothing but holiday stories entitled Holidays On Ice (which’ll run you about nine bucks and fit neatly in a coat pocket).

Here’s the complete reading, in three parts.

Parts two and three are after the jump. You can also find that original 1992 NPR broadcast on their site, as well as a link to download it.