Deck the Halls is a 2006 American Christmas comedy film directed by John Whitesell and starring Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, and Kristin Chenoweth.
In Cloverdale, Massachusetts, optometrist and self-proclaimed Christmas expert Steve Finch (Matthew Broderick) wants his family to have a great Christmas, filled with traditions such as using an Advent calendar, taking Christmas card pictures in matching sweaters, and buying a large tree.
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.
From that moment a real war between neighbors begins...