What was the basic premise behind the movie “Christmas With the Kranks”?”
After Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (Jamie Lee Curtis) see their daughter, Blair (Julie Gonzalo) depart for a Peace Corps assignment in Peru on the Sunday following Thanksgiving, empty nest syndrome sets in. Luther calculates the couple spent $6,132 during the previous year’s holiday season and, not looking forward to celebrating Christmas without their daughter, he suggests they invest the money usually spent on decorations, gifts, and entertainment and treat themselves to a ten-day Caribbean cruise instead. Skeptical at first, Nora finally agrees. The Kranks are amazed to discover they are considered pariahs as a result of their decision. Luther’s co-workers think he has become Ebenezer Scrooge, local stationer Aubie is distressed to lose the couple’s order for their engraved greeting cards and Christmas Eve party invitations, the Boy Scout troop is upset when the Kranks refuse to purchase one of their Christmas trees, and the police are stunned to discover they won’t be buying t
Christmas with the Kranks is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Joe Roth. The screenplay by Chris Columbus is based on the 2001 novel Skipping Christmas by John Grisham. Plot After Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (Jamie Lee Curtis) see their daughter, Blair (Julie Gonzalo) depart for a Peace Corps assignment in Peru on the Sunday following Thanksgiving, empty nest syndrome sets in. Luther calculates the couple spent $6,132 during the previous year’s holiday season and, not looking forward to celebrating Christmas without their daughter, he suggests they invest the money usually spent on decorations, gifts, and entertainment and treat themselves to a ten-day Caribbean cruise instead. Skeptical at first, Nora finally agrees. The Kranks are amazed to discover they are considered pariahs as a result of their decision. Luther’s co-workers think he has become Ebenezer Scrooge, local stationer Aubie is distressed to lose the couple’s order for their engraved greeting cards and Christma
