The Secret of the Christmas Heart

It is December 1 and the poor 12-year-old Karen is going to a job interview at the Lindestrupgaard manor. But Karen does not get employment as a maid and therefore has to be sent away from her family and onto the neighboring farm. However, Karen's friend, the elf Rumle, has a special plan. With Rumle's help, Karen convinces the lady of the manor, Rigmor, to hire her anyway. At the same time, the sinister Lars Ravn appears at the manor and lures Karen to him with a special goblin strip that only children should know.

It is Karen's 13th birthday and she is now entering the ranks of adults and can no longer see her pixie friend Rumle. The manor's daughter Marie Louise arrives from the big city, full of modern ideas. But her father Erik has other plans and wants her to meet with the neighboring farm's Aage af Jungshoved to talk about marriage. The sinister Lars Ravn may not be so sinister after all. He offers to help Karen see Rumle again, with the help of a Christmas heart charm.

It draws up to thunder. Rasmus and Marie Louise capture the electricity from a lightning bolt to teach her father a lesson. Lars tells Karen that she needs to find a special elf book. Then the Christmas heart becomes magical and she can see Rumle again, even though she is 13 years old. Karen tricks the Forest Woman with her little ones and steals a page in the gnome's book. Rasmus and Marie Louise's lightning experiment works, but Rumle and Karen use it for their Christmas heart ritual - which has major consequences.

Karen can finally be with Rumle again. But soon accidents and strange things begin to happen at the manor. The grain in the barn sprouts, the cows' milk turns sour and the animals behave strangely. Is it the Christmas heart that is to blame for all the accidents, so that the manor runs the risk of going bankrupt? On the other hand, love begins to blossom between Karen's older brother Rasmus and Marie Louise, even though she may be engaged to Aage.

The maid Fie accuses Karen and Rasmus of practicing black magic and being to blame for the accidents at the manor. But Marie Louise comes to their rescue, so Fie is fired for spreading untruths. Karen and Rumle go to the Forest Woman to repair the Christmas heart so they can lift the curse and save the manor. But it is not as easy as they had hoped.

Aage af Jungshoved, who wants to be engaged to Marie Louise, comes to visit. Everything must be perfect, as Aage must not know anything about the mysterious accidents at the manor. Karen and Rumle bake magical cakes to tease Aage, but no matter what Karen does, it doesn't help, because Aage just falls even more in love with Marie Louise and decides that the wedding must take place already before Christmas.

Rumle has become electrified after the lightning strike. Karen and Rumle try to get the electricity out of Rumle, with the help of the two little boys, but a strange cloud is now gathering over the manor. Is something bad coming? Ilter, a strange boy of Karen's age, says he wants to help her, but why? Rasmus and Marie Louise agree that they will run away together.

The forest woman says that the thief who stole the Christmas heart from her is the key to making it all right again. Karen thinks the thief is Lars and gets Ilter to spy on him. The manor must distribute the annual Christmas basket of food to the village. But no one must know anything about how bad things are and that the stocks are about to be empty. Erik brings a surprising message to the village.

Karen feels watched all the time, so when Ilter is suddenly intent on seeing her elf friend, she becomes suspicious. Marie Louise is waiting for Rasmus so that they can travel away together. But Rasmus cannot leave his family, as they risk ending up in the poorhouse. When Rasmus does not show up, Marie Louise is disappointed and instead accepts the offer that can save the manor.

Karen hatches a plan to reveal that Ilter is the thief who stole the Christmas Heart from the Forest Woman. Aage comes to visit the manor to agree a bride price with Erik. He has arranged for the king to attend the wedding and that in the same connection he will make Erik a knight of Dannebrog.

Lars and Ilter are employed at the manor. Karen is angry at Ilter, who has betrayed her and she has to be on guard so that Lars doesn't have too much time to sniff around the farm and look for Rumle. But is it too late? At the same time, everyone is looking for the two boys, Gotfred and Johannes, who have disappeared.

Big uproar. The king comes to visit and spends the night at the manor. Karen discovers that Lars knows where Rumle lives. They must be careful. The king is impressed by Rasmus' heroic deed and invites him to lunch with the nobles. Rasmus has never tried anything so fine and classy before and when Aage realizes that there is something between Rasmus and Marie Louise, he goes to him. Lars and Ilter are still trying to find the entrance to the elf loft, maybe the two youngest boys are not as careful?

The king appoints Erik a knight of Dannebrog and falls in love with Karen's cookies. Karen makes Rasmus look after the Christmas heart and advises him to tell Marie Louise that he loves her before she gets married. But suddenly all servicemen are called to muster. Lars claims that his Christmas heart ornament has been stolen, but Karen tries to prove that he is lying and is a wanted fraudster. The whole village gathers in the church and anxiously awaits the bride, but where will she go?

Lars only needs the goblin strap to get hold of Rumle and suspects Ilter of helping Karen. Aage has been made fun of, but is now even more keen on the wedding with Marie Louise, to save his dignity. Gotfred is worried about his sister, who has disappeared, and there is even greater confusion when Marie Louise's horse suddenly appears, but then Karen makes an important discovery in the manor's attic.

The search for Marie Louise continues. But Karen gets an idea how to sneak her away from the manor. The forest woman needs Rumle to come out to the bog and meet her, but it's a dangerous mission, because Lars has got his hands on the Christmas heart. Aage wants the bride price back, now that Marie Louise is still missing, but it is not so easy to pay.

Karen is revealed to have helped Marie Louise run away, but when Rasmus takes the blame, they are both fired from the manor. Rigmor finally stands up for her daughter and tells Aage that he will never marry Marie Louise. But Erik has signed a contract and Aage is not to be negotiated with. Lars has kidnapped Rumle and Rasmus goes to the big city to find Marie Louise.

Karen asks Ilter for help in finding Rumle. Lars and Gyda devise evil plans on how to get rich by exploiting Rumle's magical abilities. The manor family tries to settle in with the servant family, who have opened up their home to them. Rasmus finds Marie Louise at a women's boarding house in the big city.

Karen, Ilter and Johannes trick Lars and Gyda into doing one last performance in the village to buy some time. Karen seeks out the Forest Woman, who hopefully can help free Rumle. Aage seeks out the manor and orders them to work for him if they are to stay in the servants' quarters. But Marie Louise is no longer at the women's boarding house.

The curse spreads and Karen must find Rumle before it hits the village. She asks Johannes and Ilter for help, while Aage enjoys watching the lordship toil and drag for him. Marie Louise and Rasmus make big plans for their future together. Lars and Gyda must hurry on before the villagers discover that they are deceiving them.

Karen and Ilter seek out the forest woman in the hope of getting the answer to how to break the curse. First they have to save Rumle and get him back home, but where do they start? Aage wants to give Lindestrupgaard to the king as a Christmas present to settle the shards and restore his status. Marie Louise is nervous when she wakes up and Rasmus has disappeared from the boarding house. Lars and Gyda are now on their way to the big city with Rumle, so how can Karen manage to free him?

Karen and Ilter are looking for Marie Louise and Rasmus in the big city. But it's too late, they've already left. However, they hear that there is a performance in the market, with a magical elf. Rumle discovers a rift between Lars and Gyda. The two plan to take the steamship to America with Rumle and never return. There is a departure at 18:00, so Karen and Ilter have to come up with a rescue operation, quickly.

Marie Louise's homecoming will be a pleasant surprise for the lordship, because they can now repay Aage the bride price, but it turns out that 100 reigsdalers are missing. If they do not raise the last money, they will lose the manor forever. Now Marie Louise's imagination and Karen's talent for baking come into play. The forest woman tells Karen and Ilter how to lift the curse, but they have broken ancient goblin rules and it comes at a very high price...

If Karen doesn't break the curse before midnight, it will last forever. Karen will have to finish what she started and face the consequences. Marie Louise and Rasmus' relationship is closer than ever, but Erik thinks it is now time for everyone to return to their usual roles. Erik asks Karl to put his son in his place, but Karl advises Rasmus to do something completely different. And Lars is by no means finished with Rumle.

Karen and Rumle's ritual worked. It's a Christmas miracle - the curse is broken! Now that the grain is good again, Marie Louise has an idea she can finally put into practice, and she has a very special offer for Karen. Rasmus is waiting for just the right moment to propose to Marie Louise, but does he dare? Erik finally realizes who helped the family when everyone else turned their backs on them and Rigmor decides to do something that will backfire on both families.