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In the middle of the night on December 1, new neighbors move in across the street: [[car salesman]] and electrical engineer Buddy Hall ([[Danny DeVito]]) and his [[trophy wife]] Tia ([[Kristin Chenoweth]]), both whom Steve and his wife Kelly ([[Kristin Davis]]) meet the next morning. Later that day, Kelly and her daughter Madison ([[Alia Shawkat]]) and son Carter ([[Dylan Blue]]) go to the Hall house, where they meet the Halls’ teenage twin daughters, Ashley ([[Sabrina Aldridge]]) and Emily ([[Kelly Aldridge]]). Tia and Kelly immediately become friends, as do Ashley, Emily, and Madison.
Buddy goes to work as a used car salesman, where he manages to sell a car that belongs to the owner of the [[Car dealership|dealership]], giving him a [[promotion (rank)|promotion]]. That night, Buddy complains to Tia that while he can sell anything, he gets bored easily. After discovering that the neighborhood can be seen on [[satellite photo]]s via a website called MyEarth (seemingly a [[parody]] of [[Google Earth]]), but that his house is not visible, Buddy decides to make it visible using Christmas lights. As his display grows bigger, including live animals, it gets Buddy known around town, angering Steve and threatening his position as the “Christmas guy.”
Steve’s envy towards Buddy increases; in various incidents, Steve's Christmas-card photo is ruined when two of Buddy's [[Phonophobia|phonophobic]] [[feral horses]] get startled by the sleigh bells and take Steve Finch for a wild ride, his car doors are ripped off during one of Buddy's [[light show]]s{{dn|date=December 2021}}, and his private Christmas-tree lot is destroyed by a [[fire]] when Buddy accidentally spills [[gasoline]] with his [[chainsaw]]. Eventually, Buddy's house is completely lit, and even synchronized to music. Steve manages to sabotage Buddy’s lights by filling his fusebox with snow, but a backup generator foils his plan. Buddy discovers the sabotage and retaliates by stealing the town's Christmas tree, putting it in Steve's house, and "buying" him a car.
Buddy and Steve make a bet: if Steve beats Buddy in the WinterFest [[speedskating]] race, then Buddy removes the lights, and if Buddy beats Steve, Steve pays for the car. Buddy wins, causing Steve to yell at Buddy for being a nobody, since his house is still not visible from space. Hurt, Buddy compensates by buying a huge amount of programmable LED lights, which he pays for by hocking Tia's expensive [[heirloom]] [[vase]], and Tia and the girls depart.
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Steve discovers Buddy has been stealing the former’s power for the latter’s lights. However, after seeing Buddy taking down his lights, a remorseful Steve forgives Buddy. The two forget their rivalry and build a winter wonderland with all of Buddy's lights. They lure Tia, Kelly, and the kids home and all sit down to a nice meal made by both Steve and Buddy.
Soon, the whole town arrives at Buddy’s house to help put Buddy's lights back up in time for a story about them on [[MTV]]. They do not work, and everyone sings [[carol (music)|carol]]s and uses their [[cell phone]]s as flashlights. As they sing, Steve accepts Buddy’s offer to be his friend, and Carter notices that the lights did not work because one of the plugs is not plugged in properly. He tightly plugs it in, causing the lights to shine brightly through the night. [[SuChin Pak]], doing the MTV report, gets confirmation from MyEarth that the house is indeed visible from space, and the crowd celebrates.
==Cast==
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