Nobody is really looking forward to Christmas this time, and someone is up to mischief with naughty pranks. Sascha gets to the bottom of the matter and learns that the pranks are the work of Rosalinde, the fourth of the Christmas elf sisters. Fourth elf? Rosalind has fallen out with her sisters and casts a curse that turns all Christmas creatures into children. Now Christmas is in danger!

The priest Hannes Jagermüller struggles to keep his flock under control in the idyllic village of St. Gilgen on Lake Wolfgang. His arch-rival, the mayor Oskar Lindner, is planning to build a ski resort with a hotel on the "magical" wedding meadow.

The up-and-coming designer Marie Haller falls in love with Max, the noble heirs of Wartenborg's well-known Kristallschleiferei - without knowing that he is her half-brother. When Marie learns the truth about her ancestry and shortly thereafter Max is killed in a tragic accident, she turns away in dismay from the noble family.

The talented young entrepreneur Finn Sieveking has to cope with the death of his mother Maria, who was always at his side in the management of the traditional Hamburg family business. Out of nowhere the adventurer Jonathan Clark appears, who introduces himself as his biological father. Finn has to cooperate with him unwillingly, because Maria has bequeathed both of them half of their business shares. Only gradually does Finn begin to understand what his clever mother intended.

Young Marian Simmons comes to Cornwall with her fiancé Timothy Carter to visit the house she inherited from her late mother Heather. No one knew of the existence of this romantically situated property on the coast. Not even Marian's father Robert, and there's a reason for that. Little by little, Marian realizes that her mother led a kind of second life in this house - with the love of her life.

Kelsey Donovan searches for her father, Jake, whom she hasn't seen in over twenty years. When he finds her in a picturesque small town in New Zealand, they can't get close. Kelsey's father works as a professional treasure hunter in New Zealand and also organizes diving courses for tourists with Dillon Ward. Kelsey doesn't like her father treating the handsome Dillon like he's his son. When Jake is nearly killed in a diving accident, father and daughter finally seem to bond. When Kelsey and Dillon begin to grow fond of each other, Jake isn't thrilled.

In Dublin, Blake Lester breaks Lucy Silchester's dream by preferring an overseas TV show career move over their marriage plans since years. Receiving a mystery letter 'from her life', Lucy seeks consolation with mates Adam, Melanie, Lisa and Jamie. Angrily Lucy meets critical sender Cosmo, who urges her to set priorities among colleagues, family, friends and truth to correct her derailed life, which she finds hard to disprove by showing happiness. Lying to boss Edna costs her job. Desperate hitting rock bottom, she attempt to win successful Blake back. Her protective brother, attorney Riley, and Cosmo rather favor attractive carpet cleaner and neighborhood urchins football 'coach' Don Lockwood, who consents, yet this fails as she retracts despite good sex while he works in her apartment. Sad news about her neighbor Claire, a breakup between workaholic father Samuel and 'neglected' mother-housewife Sheila make Lucy die reconsider her own priorities.