The action takes place in a Carpathian village, and the main characters are a little boy named Ivashko, aged 6, and his mother Maria. The story is about one Christmas Eve, when everyone has kutia with honey on their table. But in our heroes' house, there is no honey this time, which makes the main character, Ivashko, very sad, so he goes to ask the holy angel for honey. Based on the story by Ukrainian writer Stepan Vasylchenko.