The Ikeda family lived in Uppsala, Sweden for three generations. On Christmas Eve, they gathered next to grandmother Helena and happily greeted the holiday. Helena is a well-known actor. She is generous, amiable, and loved by her children and grandchildren. She has three sons, the eldest son Oscar and daughter-in-law Amelia are both actors. Oscar and Emilia run a theater, and they live in love with their 10-year-old son Alexander and 5-year-old daughter Fanny.
One day, Oscar suffered a stroke while rehearsing on stage. He passed away after being sent home. After Oscar's death, the young bishop Odwa, who presided over the Oscar's funeral, proposed to Emilia to marry him. Emilia agreed to the bishop's proposal and moved to the bishop's house with Alexander and Fanny, and their lives have since been overshadowed. Edvar lives with his mother, sister, and an unsound aunt. After Alexander and Fanny arrived at the bishop's house, they were not allowed to wear beautiful clothes or play with toys. The bishop was gentle on the surface, but he was actually a sadist. Once Alexander said something wrong, the bishop beat Alexander with a whip in front of Fanny. After Emilia discovered that the bishop was a hypocrite, she wanted to divorce him, but Odvar disagreed, on the grounds that Emilia was pregnant. For this reason, he imprisoned the two children as hostages. With the help of the businessman Isaac, the two children escaped from the bishop's house. Isaac has two nephews who can make magic. Knowing that Alexander hates the bishop, they made magic to make the aunt who was ill in bed overturn the oil lamp, causing a fire and burning the bishop to death. Christmas is here again, and the Ikeda family are together again. Helena read the script happily, while Alexander fell asleep beside her grandmother
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