Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decided that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday together. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without rooftop Frosty; 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 Carribean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences - and in't half as easy as they imagined.