LEGO | Christmas 2011 Sets

LEGO continues its winter scenes series with the new Winter Village Post Office for 2011. This set has a total of 822 pieces, which include a gazebo, streetlamp, an old-fashioned mail car, and 7 minifigs.

The LEGO Winter Village Post Office Set

The charming post office itself has a nice interior with a fireplace, with light provided by a light brick, with mailboxes and mail carriers found outside, along with the ubiquitous LEGO evergreen trees. Overall, this set makes a nice addition to last year's Bakery and 2009's Toy Shop.

Limited Edition Holiday Sets

Other LEGO Christmas-themed sets released for this year include two Limited Edition Holiday Sets, which feature diorama scenes tucked between two corner walls: the first shows a rather squarish Christmas tree with a minifig, while the second has a fireplace and a Santa minifig.

Red, Gold, Green LEGO Christmas Ornaments

LEGO also released three Christmas ornaments that make really great tree decorations. Each ornament is a clear round globe embellished with stars that contains several LEGO bricks inside--Red, Gold, or Green. There's also a Holiday Scene magnet that would look great stuck on your ref door; this one has a Christmas tree and a Santa minifig.

Top left: Mini Santa Set. Top right: Holiday Stocking
Bottom left: Christmas Tree. Bottom right: Holiday Scene Magnet

Finally, we have the smaller LEGO sets that are packed in plastic bags, not boxes: the Christmas tree, Holiday stocking, and a mini Santa set. These sets contain about 70-76 pieces and aren't really as detailed as one could hope for; the tree looks odd, while the stocking is just a flat thing, and the Santas don't quite have that Holiday feel, heh.