The film's protagonists get an opportunity to make a wish. Consequently, their lives take the path they themselves ordained. Several "coincidences" bring them everything they wanted and they have the chance to experience their wishes. We are not only responsible in our lives for everything that we do, but also for everything we say, we think and desire.
Young doctor Vencl is going through a difficult beginning. In the small town and especially in the surrounding isolated villages, he must first overcome the distrust of the locals, who still prefer to be treated by incantations. He has to get used to being led to a stable at night in the secluded forest, because an animal is often worth more than a human being. He also fights victoriously with the councilors who do not want to give him anything from the municipal coffers. He endures the bullying of the mayor's wife and wins the trust of the poorest of the poor.
Ludek Munzar invited a number of his actor and non-actor friends under the festively decorated Christmas TV tree to create a Christmas atmosphere for them according to their ideas and current mood. Actors and singers will talk, sing nice songs, tell stories, so you can spend a nice pleasant hour together with them while setting up the Christmas tree or preparing Christmas carp.
You will not only hear the title song The scent of needles from the workshop of composer Felix Bernard Smith and lyricist Ivo Fischer, but also First White Snow, Lullaby, O Vánocé, There Are Holiday Days Again, Shepherds Don't Sleep and others. Nada Urbánková, Viktor Preiss, Iveta Bartošová, Jana Hlavácová, Milan Drobný, Pavel Barton and others participating in this Christmas gathering will sing.
When the arrogant film director Skorkovský is found dead, captain Vasátko has the difficult task of finding out who is behind it. His friendship with painter Horác will also be put to the toughest test.
Petronel, an angel, is still working at the Heaven's gates but is confident that he deserves a better function. His everlasting tempter Uriah, a devil, takes up tempting him. All one has to do to know all that God knows is pick an apple from the tree of knowledge. And then, the route to the well-deserved acknowledgment is free. Petronel and Uriah than proceed to argue about the apple, ant the results are catastrophic. The precious fruit falls all the way down to the Earth. The confused angel and his friend, the devil-tempter, have to quickly enter the human world, find the apple of Knowledge and bring it back. The night before Saint Nicolase's day they get tangled up in a peculiar whirl. They meet little Anezka and her beautiful mother, a crew of deceitful carolers, the greedy Kostál and a likable Sausage-seller. Before they manage to find the apple and bring it back where it belongs, they first have to endure a great adventure and get through quite a few dangerous setups.