Les cadeaux de Noël
During the first winter of World War I, four orphaned children shelter in their burned farmhouse. When Clara says Père Noël will not come, their elderly neighbour Père Jean disguises himself as Père Noël and brings gifts and messages from their dead parents, asking the children to love one another. Pierre receives a rifle. When a German soldier orders him to kneel, Pierre shoots him. Père Jean rescues the pursued children by boat and hides them in a riverside cave.