It’s not Christmas until David Sedaris’ Santaland Diaries plays on NPR’s Morning Edition.
Today was that day. For the 25th straight year.
You’ve never heard it before? Don’t click unless you never want to hear Billie Holiday the same way again. Ever.
Here’s the original essay.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins