With daughter Blair away in Peru, ignoring Christmas seems like a good idea to Luther and Nora Krank. Why spend all that money for just one day when they could be enjoying a Caribbean cruise instead? So they set about telling everyone that they won’t be doing Christmas this year. Eyebrows are raised, heads are shaken and scowls exchanged. The Krank house sits dismal and lonely amongst the twinkling lights and plastic snowmen in the neighbourhood. Of course, all comes right in the end in this unashamedly schmaltzy story. Not Grisham’s usual gritty courtroom drama, but a funny, feelgood fable.