A gang of humanized Christmas decorations accidentally end up in the trash storage, where they meet a dog who calls himself “the Christmas dog”. In actuality a mascot of a local soccer team, the dog nonetheless claims that he too is a Christmas decoration. The Christmas dog helps the other decorations as they make a plan for how to get back into the family’s apartment in time for the Christmas tree decoration. But needless to say, things don’t always go according to plan…

Julens Hjältar was the 1999 edition of the annual SVT Christmas calendar, where a new episode is aired every day between December 1-24.

Screenplay by Malin Lagerlöf (24 episodes).