David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favorites as the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters (
Us and Them ); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French (
Jesus Shaves ); what to do when you've been locked out in a snowstorm (
Let It Snow ); the puzzling Christmas traditions of other nations (
Six to Eight Black Men ); what Halloween at the medical examiner's looks like (
The Monster Mash ); and a barnyard secret Santa scheme gone awry (
Cow and Turkey ).
