A couple who’s daughter has gone off on a gap year realised they could save a fortune by just skipping Christmas that year, and spend it on a cruise instead.
This means no decorations, no parties, no food, no presents. Needless to say, friends and neighbours are not impressed, particularly neighbours who try to be the best decorated street in the town! Chaos obviously ensues.
This is the book that the film “Christmas with the Kranks” was based on – I’ve not seen it, but the trailer seems to make it a bit more extreme and slapstick, which is fair enough.
It’s a fun book, nothing like Grisham’s normal stuff – and only 200 pages! I really enjoyed it, would recommend.
The only thing I’d change is to remove two unnecessary sentences about skin colour – the book is only 22 years old, but it seems things have changed even in that time…
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