<P> While Nora scrambles to find food, especially Blair's favorite honey glazed ham, Luther goes to buy a tree from the Boy Scouts but they only have one worthless non-green tree left since their sales went big and rapid . Luther decides to give a donation by giving them money but taking the tree in the process; he then rejects it by throwing it in his backyard . While Spike leads a picket at the Kranks', Luther arranges to borrow the tree of neighbor Wes Trogdon who is going away for a week with his kids and wife to close relatives being given the warning that he is not to break one ornament or damage it . Luther and Spike try to transport it across the street on Spike's Radio Flyer wagon, only for the neighbors to confuse this to be Luther stealing the family's Christmas tree and end up being called for the police to arrest him for theft . Spike comes to Luther's rescue by showing the neighbors and officers that Luther has Trogdon's keys and thus was given permission to borrow the tree . Nora comes home enraged at Luther for making the borrowed Christmas tree a "Disaster" and how she had to buy "Smoked Trout" to replace the honey ham (which was crushed by a truck). Once it is established why Luther is trying frantically to decorate his home, the neighbors, led by Vic, come out full force to help him and Nora ready it for Blair . Blair calls to say she landed from Miami; despite this, she is sent by a police transport to their house thus leaving her still unaware of the chaos . </P> <P> After subtly giving everybody, including Blair and Enrique, a half - hearted toast, Luther tries to convince Nora to accept the cruise when she confronts him for the toast, but she refuses, disgusted that he isn't happy Blair is home . Having a change of heart, Luther sadly slips out of the house and goes across the street to the Scheel home . Bev's cancer, once in remission, has returned and, knowing this may be their last holiday together, Luther insists they take the cruise in place of him and Nora, going so far as to offer to take care of their hated cat, Muffles, so they can go . At first Walt and Bev decline, but ultimately decide to accept his generosity; as a result, Luther, whose holiday spirit has been renewed, realizes skipping Christmas wasn't as good an idea as he had originally thought . </P> <Ul> <Li> Tim Allen as Luther Krank </Li> <Li> Jamie Lee Curtis as Nora Krank, Luther's wife </Li> <Li> Dan Aykroyd as Vic Frohmeyer, the Kranks' domineering neighbor </Li> <Li> Dava Hulsey as Amanda Frohmeyer, the doting wife of Vic and loving mother of Spike . </Li> <Li> Julie Gonzalo as Blair Krank, the Kranks' daughter </Li> <Li> M. Emmet Walsh as Walt Scheel, the Kranks' obnoxious neighbor </Li> <Li> Elizabeth Franz as Bev Scheel, Walt's ailing wife </Li> <Li> Erik Per Sullivan as Spike Frohmeyer, Vic's kid </Li> <Li> Cheech Marin as Officer Salino </Li> <Li> Jake Busey as Officer Treen, Salino's partner </Li> <Li> Austin Pendleton as Marty, an umbrella salesman who is actually Santa Claus </Li> <Li> Tom Poston as Father Zabriskie, a priest </Li> <Li> Kim Rhodes as Julie, Luther's employee </Li> <Li> Arden Myrin as Daisy </Li> <Li> René Lavan as Enrique Decardenal, Blair's fiance </Li> <Li> Patrick Breen as Aubie, a stationier </Li> <Li> Caroline Rhea as Candi, a friend of Nora's </Li> <Li> Felicity Huffman as Merry, a friend of Nora's </Li> <Li> Kevin Chamberlin as Duke Scanlon, a Boy Scout leader </Li> </Ul> <Li> Tim Allen as Luther Krank </Li>

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