A poor little girl lives in a small cottage in the forest with her grandma. They are poor, but very content. The little girl notices that it's almost Christmas and asks her grandmother if they will presents too. Her grandmother tries to tell her no and to not get her hopes up, but the girl keeps believing she will have Christmas presents too, so she puts her wooden shoe by the door so Santa can put something in there. When she wakes up on Christmas morning she finds something in her shoe...