Miki is Greenlandic, but grew up in Sweden. He's on Christmas vacation to Nuuk to relax and to meet his colorful family, however soon to be drawn into cousin Kunuk's petty criminal activities. Suddenly he is responsible for two tons of stolen fireworks. And as if that wasn't enough, he gets the town's mafia boss on his heels. "The northern lights occur when the spirits play ball with a walrus skull", says the enigmatic and beautiful Mona.