The Kranks have always celebrated a picture-perfect Christmas. But with their only daughter, Blair, away from home on her Peace Corps assignment, Nora & Luther are suffering from empty nest syndrome & decide to skip Christmas in favour of a Caribbean cruise. But their neighbours, led by Vic Frohmeyer, take Christmas very seriously & are none too happy about the Kranks' boycott. In this neighbourhood where every house is decorated to the hilt & has a Frosty on the roof, skipping Christmas is virtually a crime. & just as the Kranks are preparing for their Christmas Day departure, they get a call from their daughter who announces that she is coming home for Christmas after all. Suddenly, all systems are go for their annual Christmas Eve party & a normal
- highly festive
- holiday. Will the Kranks be able to pull together a perfect Christmas for Blair in just a few hours, or will she discover their plan to skip Christmas?