Plot Summary:As the nurses prepare for their 1959 Christmas show Patsy and Chummy escort two pregnant teen-agers, confident Avril and nervous Denise, to a home for expectant mothers run by the unfeeling and drunken Sister Maltby. When Denise falls ill and is denied medical treatment Avril reports Maltby and Chummy and Patsy temporarily run the home, making huge improvements for the better with help from Avril, whose baby they deliver on Christmas Eve. Shelagh goes to the aid of down-trodden epileptic Victor when he has a fit in the market - which leads to the discovery that he and his girlfriend Nancy are living in squalor. Nancy, who believes she is pregnant, fears the baby will be taken from her on the discovery that she met Victor in a mental hospital, from which they have been released with no after-care, but Dr Turner and Cynthia realize that , due to operations carried out on her in the hospital, she can never conceive. They nonetheless encourage the couple to be strong and care for each other. With Christmas over Cynthia leaves to become a nun whilst Peter Noakes is promoted to sergeant.
这一集开始于2005年,詹妮弗•沃斯和丈夫菲利普在家里准备过圣诞节。她回忆起年轻时在Nonnatus修道院时的朋友和同事。跟随她的回忆,我们回到了1959年:圣诞音乐会排练正在进行,当Chummy为飞舞的雪花设计舞蹈时,特里克西开始为弗雷德设计圣诞老人服装。Chummy被招募来帮助经营一个管理不善的母婴之家,在Patsy的帮助下,成功地给居民们的生活带来了圣诞快乐。两个维多利亚精神病院的前病号被留下“自生自灭”而他们无法应付,而辛西娅牵涉其中。在所有人的心中只有一个秘而不宣的问题——1960年将会怎样?