Joe Roth

It's nearly Christmas in this family comedy, but empty-nesters Nora and Luther Krank (Jamie Lee Curtis and Tim Allen) are planning to skip the festivities, to the dismay of their tinsel-happy neighbours. But when daughter Blair announces a last-minute visit, the Kranks have just a few hours to organise their best holiday celebration yet!

In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation.

The members of the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity travel to Fort Lauderdale for a fraternity conference. They'll have to beat off the attacks of their rival frat, the Alphas, if they want to maintain their self-respect.