Skipping Christmas

Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded shops, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That`s just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they`ll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on the street without a rooftop Frosty the snowman, they won`t be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash, they aren`t even going to have a tree. They won`t need one, because come December 25 they`re setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences-and isn`t half as easy as they`d imagined. A classic tale for modern times, Skipping Christmas offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that has become part of our holiday tradition.