The Christmas comedy based on a screenplay by Mathias Klaschka is based on the novel of the same name by Andrea Sawatzki, which was published in 2013 by Piper Verlag. The story focuses on housewife and mother Gundula Bundschuh, portrayed by Sawatzki, who, despite the chaos expected every year, once again gathers her family for Christmas and, thanks to the peculiarities of her kinship, steers from one misadventure to the next.The feature film by Ziegler Film was realized on behalf of ZDF.The film was shot in Berlin at the end of 2014. In addition to Sawatzki, Axel Milberg, Christine Schorn, Günther Maria Halmer, Judy Winter, Stephan Grossmann, Eva Löbau and Uwe Ochsenknecht appeared in front of the camera of the ensemble film, which received mixed reviews during its first broadcast in December 2015. In the years 2017 to 2020 – also according to Sawatzki's ideas – the four sequels "Recovery" was never mentioned, you are of course invited, We do Abitur and family Bundschuh in the Christmas chaos.