To entice the children and their families to visit, Seredyuk resorts to a terrible lie — he is ‘seriously ill’ and this is ‘his last Christmas’. The children arrive with their grandchildren and in-laws, including François’s parents. However, things do not go as Seredyuk had planned — a small lie begets a bigger one, so he gets so caught up in his lies that he loses his family and is left completely alone at Christmas. Will Seredyuk be able to save the family celebrations and values?