Airy Fairy is messy, accident-prone and generally a disaster, according to her teacher Miss Stickler. Fairy Gropplethorpe's Academy for Good Fairies just doesn't know what to do with her. After Airy Fairy's school report is the worst in the history of the school (even her spelling is useless - she spells wand, wond!), Fairy Gropplethorpe condemns her to extra work in the Christmas holidays - as a tree fairy. It's going to be pine needles in the bottom all through Christmas ...