Christmas Eve is always the most wonderful night of the year with its white, lustrous snow, carols to make the heart soar, Christmas specials on TV, and the most hideous tree imaginable. At least that’s the way his grandfather’s Christmas tree looks to Carlton Cullimore, a teenager whose take on the holiday is irreverent at best. And when he bangs his head against the wall trying to prevent his older sister, Irene, from tousling his hair, could things get any worse? They could if you’re on an ambulance gurney heading to the hospital and you kick the ambulance guy in the nose.