In a lively Christmas tree lot filled with perfect evergreens and joyous families, a small, crooked Christmas tree stands unnoticed in a quiet corner. With a trunk slightly bent and branches sparse, the little tree watches as one by one, families select the finest trees, its hope dwindling as it's passed by without a glance.

As twilight turns to night, the shopkeeper, believing the crooked tree unsellable, places it outside by the garbage.