Ilon Wikland

The noisy children of three neighboring families have a gay time at Christmas baking cookies, cutting and decorating trees, eating fruitcake and tarts, and opening Christmas gifts.

Disappointed that she didn't get a bicycle for her birthday, five-year-old Lotta, confident that she knows how to ride, decides to take matters into her own hands and borrow the neighbor's bicycle.

Five-year-old Larry hates to go to sleep but what he sees through Aunt Lottie's glasses persuades him that going to bed may not be so bad after all.