A lone viking mother prepares Christmas celebrations when the children's father comes home after having been away on a journey of trade and raiding for three and a half years.
The family takes on life as thralls. The thrall family wakes up to another day of the master and is told that they will be sold, one by one, before the day is over.
The 14th century: A day at the knights school. Two prospective children arrive at the knight's castle to be trained to knighthood by an old squire and a lovesick lady in waiting.
The 14th century: The Black Death. A cat-loving peasant family has fled their village, hoping to escape the plague, find a new house and try to make God happy.
The Vaasa siblings are trying to learn everything a royal child must be able to do. But which of them will actually inherit the throne from father Gustav Vasa?
Of course, the family should get to grips with the Christmas atmosphere. But first there will be gym, home computer, microlunch, skiing, shopping and shrimp chills.