After her half-brother Alexander's declaration of love, Claire is completely confused. She doesn't know how or whether she should tell the Albrechts the truth about herself and even considers leaving city in secret. Alexander's recovery is the family's main topic at Christmas. And although Alexander tells his brother Marc that he has finished art history, his father secretly enrolls him in the subject again at university ... After the fight with Kerstin, Ute stays away from the patisserie. Her parents believe their daughter is spending Christmas in Idar-Oberstein. Although everyone is trying very hard to help Ute, she realizes after a conversation with Claire that she has to be with her parents on Christmas Eve ... Armin has been stood up by Lona and is facing a lonely Christmas. But then Jennifer suddenly receives a rejection from her mother and also stays at home. Bernd and Aylin want to spend Christmas Eve with Bernd's parents. When Bernd wants to leave, he gets stuck in the elevator with Margot of all people.