Skipping Christmas - Christmas with The Kranks

The bestselling novel behind the iconic movie Christmas with the Kranks
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded shops, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes and no unwanted presents.
That''s just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they''ll kip the holiday altogether.
Theirs will be the only house on the street without decorations, a Christmas Eve bash or even a tree. Because come December 25th, 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 . . .