Annie Dillard

Here's a good essay on a rather obscure but popular area of rhetorical endeavor.

http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/03/28/specials/dillard-christmas.html

I just tried this link and realized that you get asked for a login from the link. Very tricky. You can get to this link w/o a login if you just google the words "dillard leg in stocking" (w/o the quotes). It should be the first link or so on the google search. Sorry the link didn't work!