A young boy named Julian, whose Christmas Eve birthday turns sad with the death of his sister sends his household into mourning and it isn't until he meets Christmas-loving Hedwig that he begins to believe in Christmas again.

Christmas Eve is approaching. It is also the day Julian turns eleven years old. Usually, it is the best day of the year, filled with the fantastic aroma of gingersnaps and tangerines, the sound of a crackling fire, the decorated Christmas tree, and the flickering candlelight. All the things that makeup Christmas. But this year nothing is as usual. Julian and his family have a sadness over them, and Christian feels that Christmas has just been canceled. Then, one day, Julian meets the happy and Christmas-loving Hedvig and begins to believe that there will be Christmas after all. But there's something strange about Hedvig's house, and who is the old man who is lurking around the house all the time?