"The Little Match Girl" was first published in December 1845, in Dansk Folkekalender for 1846. They do not know about the wonderful visions she had seen or how happy she is with her grandmother in Heaven. The next morning, passers-by find the girl's body with a smile on her face, and express pity. When the matches are gone, the girl freezes to death, and her grandmother carries her soul to Heaven. To keep the vision of her grandmother alive as long as possible, the girl lights the entire bundle of matches. In the flame of the next match she sees her late grandmother, the only person that ever treated her with love and kindness. In the sky she sees a shooting star, which her late grandmother had told her means someone is on their way to Heaven. Each vision disappears as its match burns out. In the flame of the matches, she sees a series of comforting visions: the warm iron stove, the lovely roasted goose, the great glorious Christmas tree. However, the girl is ignored by passersby as no one buys from her, leaving her to suffer alone in the cold weather. Afraid to go home because her father would beat her for failing to sell any matches, she huddles in the alley between two houses and lights matches, one by one, to warm herself.
On a freezing New Year's Eve, a poor young girl, shivering and barefoot, tries to sell matches in the street.
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