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Plot

Local eye doctor and Christmas expert Steve Finch (Matthew Broderick) wants his kids to have a great Christmas, packed with Steve's tried and true traditions, such as using an advent calendar, taking Christmas card pictures in matching sweaters, and getting a large tree. At night, he hears noises. He looks out his window and sees a moving truck. He and his wife Kelly (Kristin Davis) immediately know that "the new neighbors are moving in". In the morning, when Steve goes to get his paper, he is startled to see someone on his doorstep, stealing the paper, which causes him to spill coffee on himself. The stranger is his new neighbor Buddy Hall (Danny Devito), a car salesman. Steve and Kelly also meet Buddy's wife Tia (Kristin Chenoweth). Later that day, Kelly, her daughter Madison (Alia Shawkat) and son Carter (Dylan Blue) go to the Hall's house, where they meet Tia and Buddy's children, Ashley (Sabrina Aldridge) Brianna (Amy Tammie) and Emily (Kelly Aldridge). Tia and Kelly immediately become friends, as do Ashley, Emily and Madison. That night, the Hall girls discover a website called MyEarth, which shows satellite images of any place from space (seemingly a parody of Google Earth). The Hall house is not visible, so Buddy decides to make it visible using Christmas lights. Due to his lights, Buddy becomes known around the town. Steve is not happy about this as he is considered "the Christmas guy" and is chairman of the town's WinterFest. Buddy also purchases a large horsedrawn sleigh, and finds horses to pull it. The Finches come to see the sleigh, and are invited to take their Christmas pictures in the sleigh. Steve declines, but Carter enters the sleigh anyway. In attempt to get Carter "out of that metal death trap" he frightens the horses, who pull him around town, finally plunging into a frozen river. Steve wakes up to find himself naked, zipped into a sleeping bag with Buddy, who is also naked. Buddy explaind that he is giving Steve body heat in order to keep him from dying. Steve then starts screaming. Buddy's house is eventually completely lit, and syncronized to music. Steve has had enough with being kept awake each night, and finally fills Buddy's fuse box with snow. His plan is foiled, due to a backup generator. Optometry (Greek: optos meaning seen or visible and metria meaning measurement) is a health care profession concerned with examination, diagnosis, and treatment of the eyes and related structures and with determination and correction of vision problems using lenses and other optical aids [1]. An optical refractor (also called a foropter... Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is a Tony Award winning American film and stage actor who is perhaps best known for his role as the title character in Ferris Buellers Day Off. ... A Christmas tree from 1900. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. ... Kristin Chenoweth (born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth on July 24, 1968) is an American singer and Tony Award-winning American musical theatre, film, and television actress. ... Alia Shawkat as Maeby Fünke Alia Martine Shawkat (born on April 18, 1989 in Riverside, California) is a young American actress. ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... Google Earth is a virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer and was created by Keyhole, Inc. ...

Buddy and Steve make a bet: if Steve beats Buddy in the WinterFest speedskating race, than Buddy removes the lights, and if Buddy beats Steve, he buys a car from Buddy. Buddy wins, and Steve yells at Buddy for being a nobody, since the Hall house is still not visible from Space. Steve finally buys an illegal firework from a gangster and tries to blow up the Hall house. The rocket misfires, and sets the Finch house on fire. Kelly, Carter, Madison, Tia, Ashley, and Emily all decide to stay at a motel to salvage the Christmas. Buddy and Steve forget their rivalry, and build a winter wonderland with all of Buddy's lights and lure Tia, Kelly, and the kids home. They all sit down to a nice meal. But, the whole town helps put Buddy's lights back up in time for a story about them om MTV. The lights don't work, and they all sing carols and use their cell phones as flashlights. Suddenly, Carter pulls a lever that wasn't pulled, and the lights turn on, making the house visible from space. The movie then ends with Buddy and Steve becoming friends again. Gaetan Boucher training for the 1976 Olympics Speed skating (as well Speedskating) is a form of ice skating in which the competitors attempt to travel a certain distance over the ice as quickly as possible. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Fireworks. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ...

Cast

Danny DeVito .... Buddy Hall
Matthew Broderick .... Steve Finch
Kristin Chenoweth .... Tia Hall
Kristin Davis .... Kelly Finch
Alia Shawkat .... Madison Finch
Dylan Blue .... Carter Finch
Sabrina Aldridge .... Ashley Hall
Amy Tammie .... Brianna Finch Kelly Aldridge .... Emily Hall
Jorge Garcia .... Wallace
Jackie Burroughs .... Mrs. Ryor
Fred Armisen .... Gustave
Gillian Vigman .... Gerta
SuChin Pak .... Herself
Shannon Ostrom .... Bystander
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Trivia

• Having a house covered in lights and syncing them to music is a parody of electrician Carson Williams, who synced over 16,000 Christmas lights to the song "Wizards in Winter" by Trans Siberian Orchestra.
• Was originally titled '''All Lit Up.'
• Shot in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, but set in the United States of America.
• Twins Kelly and Sabrina Aldridge of 8th & Ocean star in the movie.
• In one scene Steve's son Carter can be seen reading an issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, reading a chapter of the popular manga One Piece. He also mentions Halo in another scene.
• In one scene, Steve is shown watching a movie. That movie is Meet Me In St. Louis.
• In the scene in which Steve and Buddy are in a speedskating race: Matthew Broderick (Steve) had to train with a real speedskater for a few months before he could film that scene. He trained at Chelsea Piers in New York (they rented out an entire rink)
• Kal Penn has an uncredited cameo near the end of the film as a programmer for MyEarth.

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Critical reception and box office

Critics across the board have widely panned the movie. Roger Moore named it "A leaden slice of fruitcake, with about as much nutritional value," and concluding that "it's not worth working up a good hate over". Stephen Hunter remarked "I literally didn't count a single laugh in the whole aimless schlep," and suggested that the movie should've been named Dreck the Halls instead. Finally, Richard Roeper, co-host of Ebert and Roeper, wrote: For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... Stephen Hunter (born March 25, 1946) is an American novelist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic. ... Richard Roeper (born October 17, 1959[1]) is a columnist/film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and, since September of 2000, has co-hosted Ebert & Roeper with fellow film critic Roger Ebert. ... Ebert & Roeper at the Movies (more commonly known as Ebert & Roeper) is a movie review television program featuring film critic Roger Ebert and columnist Richard Roeper, both of the Chicago Sun-Times. ...

"You cannot believe how excruciatingly awful this movie is. It is bad in a way that will cause unfortunate viewers to huddle in the lobby afterward, hugging in small groups, consoling one another with the knowledge that it's over, it's over -- thank God, it's over. [...] Compared to the honest hard labor performed by tens of millions of Americans every day, a film critic's job is like a winning lottery ticket. But there IS work involved, and it can be painful -- and the next time someone tells me I have the best job in the world, I'm going to grab them by the ear, fourth-grade-teacher-in-1966-style, and drag them to see Deck the Halls."

The film was nominated for three Golden Raspberry Awards: Worst Excuse For Family Entertainment, Worst Supporting Actor (Danny DeVito) and Worst Supporting Actress (Kristin Chenoweth, also nominated for her performances in The Pink Panther and RV) Razzie Award The Raspberry Awards or Razzies, first awarded in 1981, were created by John Wilson in 1980, intended to counterpoint the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer. ... Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. ... Kristin Chenoweth (born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth on July 24, 1968) is an American singer and Tony Award-winning American musical theatre, film, and television actress. ... The Pink Panther is a 2006 comedy film. ... RV is a movie starring Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, JoJo, Kristin Chenoweth and Josh Hutcherson. ...

So far, the movie has earned 30.4 million dollars at the U.S box office. The movie has a 7% rotten rating at rottentomatoes.com

External links

• Official website
• Deck the Halls at the Internet Movie Database
• Deck the Halls at Rotten Tomatoes