Little Caroline would like to know why she and her older brother and sister wear black, why there should be no Christmas and no snowman or snow angels. And why should they go to a shelter just because mom and dad have gone to a better world. Anyway, mom and dad were never at home. True, the nanny told them to throw out the nonsense about the shelter from their heads, because their aunt or uncle should come and give them shelter. The girl didn’t know who this aunt and uncle were, didn’t know what snow. But it is snow that will soon change the fate of everyone who finds themselves in their country house for Christmas.