The surprise of the roscón is a tragicomic monologue. It is the reflection of a woman who tries to understand when she began to make mistakes in life.
Corina, the protagonist of this monologue, abandons her habit after fifteen years of missionary life in Guinea to marry a television cameraman. After creating a homeless shelter and finally becoming intimate with a drunken homeless man, he now reflects on his career by recalling the last three Christmases with his family.