It's just before Christmas, and Stine (9) arrives in Cobbler street all by herself. There she seeks shelter at Shoemaker Andersen's place, a grumpy old man who just wants to be left alone. Their meeting changes everything for the both of them.
Doing it, or not doing it, that is the question for leading man Tommy. His long time girlfriend Maria is ready to take the leap from fumbling touches to the real thing, but Tommy, who works part time as an altar boy, believes sex belongs within the sanctitude of marriage.
