LISBON — Never underestimate the power of sibling rivalry.

James Caron always admired how his brother decorated his house for Halloween. But James is big on Christmas — really big on Christmas — so he decided that if he was going to compete, it would be in December instead of October.

The results can be found on Crest Avenue. There, in Caron’s front yard, is an animated landscape of everyone’s favorite Christmas characters, most of them in inflatable form.

A tall Grinch rises to shape when his song plays on an FM radio station dedicated to the display. As “Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron” comes over the airwaves, there’s Snoopy bulging into shape atop an inflatable airplane, complete with spinning propeller.

Lights are everywhere and they flicker with elegant synchronicity along with the beat of the music. Everywhere you look, the world of Christmas in front of the Caron home is ever-evolving.

“This is our first year doing this,” Caron said. He describes his brother Mike as an inspiration, rather than a rival. “Halloween is his thing, Christmas is ours. We’re really big into Christmas. Last year, we had the cheap and cheesy lights and sound. I saw my brother’s show for Halloween and thought: OK, I’ve got to do something like that.”

Whatever the motivation, Caron’s display has become a hit in the neighborhood and word is catching on. Some nights, nearly a dozen people will stop outside his home. They tune to 107.1 for the music and then watch the characters bob to life.

“We’ve seen some out there who stayed for the whole show,” Caron said.

The show runs around 20 minutes. It features a mix of Christmas favorites from holiday cartoons and movies, as well as a few more classical pieces. Throughout the show, things are coming into view on the snow-covered lawn. A giant snow globe with the “Peanuts” gang inside swells at the corner of the house. A star-topped tree at the center of the lawn flickers on and then off, depending on the pulse of the music.

The show is near perfectly orchestrated, but it doesn’t come out of a box. Caron bought a Whose House FM Transmitter for $89. With that, anyone who drives near the house can tune in by switching to his station. But the precision of lights with music was something he labored over down to a fraction of each second, toiling over software to get that delicate dance just right. He guessed he had put 40 hours into timing the sequence of the lights with each beat of the eight songs on his play list.

“There were a lot of long nights in front of the computer,” he said.

A labor of love for a man who cherishes Christmas. With his wife, Catrece, and daughter, Ashley, they complete a holiday trio fit for framing. The interior of the house is decorated all over, particularly with props from “A Christmas Story,” the family favorite. There is a train set running over the kitchen table, and strangely, a lamp in the form of a shapely leg.

But the real show is outside. Caron likes to let it run between 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., available for viewing by working families but done early enough so that it doesn’t disturb the neighbors.

The schedule works. On Saturday, the Caron family arrived home after a trip to cut down a Christmas tree (of course) in time to find a family watching the end of the display from their parked car. A pair of children inside that car went out of their way to enthusiastically thank Caron for his work.

“That made it all worth it,” he said. “If the kids like it that much, well, that’s what it’s there for.”

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James Caron programmed his Christmas lights to music at his home on Crest Avenue in Lisbon.