Skipping Christmas

Imagine the year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's what Luther and Nora Krank have in minf when they decided that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house in Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; htey 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 Cristmas brings enormous consequences - and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined.