A film about children living in a boarding school. Their parents are treated in a medical and labor dispensary (LTP) or are deprived of parental rights due to alcohol addiction. Celebrating the New Year in the orphanage. Children in festive costumes are sitting in the auditorium. Their peers sing on the stage. A large number of drawings made by children are dedicated to moms and dads, mostly drunk and with bottles of alcohol. Convicted parents talk (sync. And behind the scenes) about their attitude towards children, sometimes they do not even remember how old they are. Women in LTP sew children's clothes, and some of them believe that it is better to live alone, and let the children be brought up in an orphanage. The quickly grown up children (6-7 years old) remember (sync. And behind the scenes) "childhood", how they lived with alcoholic parents, often went hungry, they were taught to steal. At the same time, many are waiting for mothers, although they did not promise to come.