With their daughter, Blair, away in Peru, Luther and Nora Krank decide to skip Christmas all together until she decides to come home, causing an uproar when they have to celebrate it at the last minute.

Strange as it may sound, Luther and Nora Krank, the neighborhood's award-winning Christmas experts, are determined to do the unthinkable: skip Christmas and spend the money on a sun-kissed, 10-day Caribbean cruise. But this is easier said than done. And as the community's sweet eccentrics turn their backs on Christmas, a last-minute phone call from their homesick daughter changes everything. As if that weren't enough, the unexpected visitor has a surprise in tow. Now, the clock is ticking--the Christmas rebels must face the music. Can the Kranks create Christmas out of thin air and save the day in a few hours?—Nick Riganas

When Luther and Nora Krank's daughter, Blair, departs for Peru, they decide to skip Christmas and spend the money on a cruise. Now they must face their neighbors, the neighborhood decorating contest, carolers, and charity collectors. But when their daughter, Blair, calls on Christmas Eve and says she's coming home for Christmas, they must put on a real holiday rush when they have 12 hours to get Christmas set up for her and her new fiance, Enrique.—Anonymous

For the first time, Luther Krank (Tim Allen) and his wife Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) are about to celebrate the holidays without their daughter Blair (Julie Gonzalo), who has just left for the Peace Corps in Peru. Luther sees a Caribbean cruise poster in a Chicago travel agency window, and he begins to plan the trip. First he must see how he will pay for the trip, so he comes up with an idea that if they skipped Christmas, they could go. He will save money by not buying a tree, having a party, or putting up decorations. The neighbors think he is crazy and want him to at least put Frosty the Snowman on his roof for the local decoration contest. The battle begins between the Kranks and their neighbors. Then Blair calls and tells her parents that she is flying home for Christmas with her fiancée. They have twenty-four hours to put up all the decorations and prepare for the Christmas party. The movie was based on a John Grisham book, 'Skipping Christmas'. Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)