“Congratulations, Mr. Sedaris. You’re an elf.”

It’s difficult to think of any better way to kick-off the approaching holiday season than to attend a reading by longtime humorist David Sedaris, whose brilliant lines include the preceding quote from “The SantaLand Diaries.” In fact, a 1992 reading of “The SantaLand Diaries” on NPR, in which Sedaris tells of his experience as a Christmas elf at New York’s Macy’s Department store, is what brought him into the big time.