A marriage faces a New Year's Eve in solitude without their emancipated children. A daughter shows up at home after arguing with her husband, which leads the couple to remember scenes from their past.
A priest who has not been generous with a poor person perceives a supernatural signal and walks in search of the generosity he did not have with the poor, finding that appearances in people do not correspond to reality.
In Obendorf, Austria the church organ has broken down and the priest has no money to repair it. The organist is desperate because he won't be able to play music on Christmas Eve. Joy comes to the priest with the birth of a child from a poor family and feels inspired to write the lyrics of a song. The organist writes the music and this is how the famous song Silent Night is created.
