Icicle is a young Emperor Penguin who lives on the southern tip of Argentina. She is very shy and is about to experience her first Christmas with her colony. All the penguins create ornaments and decorations for the Celebration Tree on Christmas Night. Icicle does not know what to make. This is compounded by the fact that she must explain to the colony why she made the decoration. She does not know what to do until her mother tells her the story of the first Christmas. Come walk with Icicle as she travels around the peninsula trying to decide what to make and discovers how she can tell everyone how she feels about Christmas.