While Bastian's girlfriend Anne saddles him with the thankless task of getting this year's Christmas tree for the family celebrations (a spruce, not a Nordmann fir, just a tip!), preparations are underway for a charity gala in Düsseldorf, where Bastian is to perform alongside his colleague Anke Engelke as Wolfgang and Anneliese. Bastian soon discovers the painful truth that leaving it too late to get a Christmas tree has consequences, and chaos ensues, as was inevitable...