On New Year’s Eve, Santa Claus (or, as they say, “the troublemaker”) brings to the threshold (more precisely, to the birdhouse) of a wooden hut at the edge of the forest a wonderful Apollo (oh, pardon—an ice-cold man in one boot). Varvara-Crаsa, who lives in that hut with Gorynych (a very small Serpent), doesn’t even know whether she should rejoice at this gift or throw it out the door. 18+