During the Christmas season of 1899, a strong holiday atmosphere enveloped the capital city of St. Petersburg. The falling snow and frozen rivers seemed to be ignited by the carnival at the end of the century. As fate would have it, Matvey (Fedor Fedortovo), the son of a lamplighter, and Alisa (Sophia Príss), the daughter of a high-ranking official, met on the streets of the festival. Matvey's only wealth was his "silver skates", while Alisa dreamed of studying science and getting rid of the control of her father and fiancé Arkady (Kirillu Zayedov). What kind of ice romance would the intersection of the two worlds bring?