A family is torn apart at Christmas when the wife of a couple trying to adopt a son is killed in a car accident and the husband, a musician, is deemed unfit to raise a child.
Flemming and Berit are a married couple who feel stuck in a rut. While their children are permanently deposited at daycare, Flemming desperately competes with his colleague at the accounting firm, and Berit dreams of a romantic ski break in France. Authorities eagerly await their slightest misstep, and a depressed elf is on the lookout for a new home to celebrate Christmas in.
