Christmas 1914 in Germany - in a village the whole community is attending the mass, almost everybody has relatives in the trenches, from the Earls down to the farmer. Countess Lo's brother is lieutenant, the son of the widow next door is Seargent in the same company. He writes her, that he's coming home for Christmas with a seargent who saved his live - a Christmas present for the family. Lo also invites the widow for Christmas dinner. Her brother arrives with the seargent, everybody is very happy and soon, Lo falls in love with the seargent, but the trouble is, he's from a lower class and a marriage seems rather impossible, but the war has already changed quite a lot...