"Pfarrer" Victor Konrad is in all aspects the classic example of what a Tyrolean priest should be like: small, fat, bald and above all jovial and good-tempered, whatever happens. On week days he takes great pleasure from ringing the church bell for at least a quarter of an hour at seven o’clock in the morning to make sure that all the skiers in the village are awake, not because he wants them to come to church (they seldom do that), but because the wintry village then suddenly springs into life. However at Christmas time the village has no need of the skiers to burst into action.

Then Wilhelmus Ratinger goes off into the mountains with his son Hermann to chop Christmas trees and bring them into the village. Marty Friedenau, his bachelor colleague, joins them in the woods. While they look for suitable trees, they keep an eye open for good pieces of wood to keep their carving sharp. In the summer the churchyard is maintained beautifully, so that the dead now, in the winter, can be honoured with dozens of burning candles or oil lamps, which is indeed a lovely sight. And then of course there is also the crib, which is set up at the back of the church and which the village’s women help to make each year.

The images are the same each year, but the decorations are always original and artistic. Hildegard Friedrich from the clock shop is always the most creative here, but Mette Ramsbeck from the café/restaurant and Elisabeth Hagelkorst from the "Wetterstation" always have something new to add to the crib. Neither is the "Tiroler Kapelle" where Mrs Ratinger, the wife of "Wilhelmus der Förster" waves the sceptre, forgotten during the decorating.