It is amazing to see every year just how much my LEGO Winter Village has grown over the years. It was 15 years ago when my wife gave me a LEGO holiday train as a Christmas present after I had mentioned how much I always wanted a LEGO train as a kid but never got one. A year later I was gifted another LEGO winter village-themed set, as we learned a new set comes out every year. And with that, a tradition was born.
As the years went by, I would set up my small LEGO winter village collection on a sideboard or around the tree. But in 2020, I decided to pull out all of the stops and take over our entire dining room table. Only I didn’t stop there. I added a folding table. Now, that has become the standard when I set up the village, which only continues to grow.
This year I had to try a few new things with my setup, remove a few ideas I ran with in the past, and come up with some new ideas to incorporate more of what I had to work with. So I added a full ski resort area on one side of town, moved my food and carnival to the other side, and moved the concert stage to the middle of town (which led to removing the looping road previously used for a race track. I also only went with one train track this time.
But I always enjoy inserting some hidden references and tributes, and this was no exception. Unfortunately, I still feel like I left out a good amount of what I’d love to include in this year’s village. But I suppose they can always be implemented next year!
Here is a quick look at some of my LEGO Winter Village this year.
I shared a little bit more about a few details in this village on my Instagram account previously.