There are real teases in the attic of the old Mayor's Yard. The elves do everything they can to ensure that the children Mads and Mette have a real Christmas in the Mayor's Yard. In the midst of the Christmas bustle, they conjure away sugar and flour, so no one can bake Christmas cakes - neither the baker nor the citizens of Gammelby. The mayor is unhappy about the strange incidents and thinks only about whether the good ship "Hope" that is to come with new supplies is wrecked. You haven't heard from the ship for months, and the big question is whether "Hope" will come home to Gammelby before Christmas. If not, then there will be no Christmas for Mads and Mette and all the citizens of Gammelby...