Strange as it may sound, Luther and Nora Krank, award-winning Christmas experts, are determined to do the unthinkable: skip Christmas and spend the money on a sun-kissed, 10-day Caribbean cruise. But ...

The long lines, cranky people, hours of shopping, wrapping gifts, writing out Christmas cards and the complicated all-day preparation for a holiday feast have replaced the simple Christmas carols, the ...

(CNN) — For many, Christmas is a time typically associated with “ugly” reindeer sweaters or snowman neckties. And that’s particularly the case on the big screen: From Nora Krank’s garish, ...

I’m not ashamed to admit it. When it comes to holiday movies, I have plenty of guilty pleasures. Case in point: Christmas ...

Come back, Ben Affleck, all is forgiven. Affleck took a roasting for “Surviving Christmas,” his holiday turkey that opened before Halloween. Now comes “Christmas With the Kranks,” an even more painful ...

One of my favorite Christmas movies is Christmas with the Kranks. When it comes to movies, I gravitate toward comedies — likely because in the newsroom we see too much seriousness and grief. This 2004 ...