The action takes place on December 31. The old year does not want to give way to the new one and tends to get magic watch that can stop the time. But its owner is a dreamer Mitya who yields to no persuasion. In a village near the town of Sineyarsk, an ordinary boy Mitya lived. In the morning, on the way to school, the boy noticed that the watch from his hand had disappeared. Soon, an angry old man appeared in the school and began looking for the magical watch to stop the time.