“Christmas with the Kranks” (2004)

Directed by Joe Roth

Fed up with the commercial aspects of Christmas, particularly all the money spent, and alone for the holiday for the first time in decades, as their daughter has just joined the Peace Corps, grumpy Luther Krank and his sweet wife, Nora, decide to skip Christmas this year and forgo the gifts, the tree, the decorations, the cards, the parties and to spend the dollars saved on a 10-day Caribbean cruise.

I first read (affiliate link) “Skipping Christmas” (the book this movie is based on) while working at Waldenbooks in an Indiana mall many years ago. The movie, obviously, was a must-see once it came out. It’s honestly one of my favorite Christmas movies ever made. The comedy is over the top as much as the story is unbelievably unrealistic, but totally entertaining to watch over and over again.

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