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LEGO Reveals Major Festive Season Offerings for October release

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A festive scene featuring the LEGO® Icons Holiday Express Train and LEGO Family Christmas Tree Decoration, surrounded by holiday decorations.

Wondering what’s coming your way for the Winter Holiday Village this year? Wait no more. Today the LEGO Group have revealed the upcoming release of two major holiday themed sets, coming in October 2025. the first is 10361 LEGO® Icons Holiday Express Train – the third winter holiday train and the first since the LEGO Group adopted the ICONs branding (and started to use a lot of pale blue in their winter holiday sets.)

LEGO Icons Holiday Express Train box set featuring a festive train with minifigures, a steam locomotive, and holiday decorations set against a starry background.
Box design of the LEGO Icons Holiday Express Train set, featuring a colorful train with festive decorations, including minifigures and a circular track.

There is also the massive 41843 LEGO Family Christmas Tree Decoration, with 3171 pieces. This Christmas Tree opens up to reveal a diorama stacked with minifigures.

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 Christmas Build up, Caught up

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Day 11: Tree-mendous

And so I am now presenting the Christmas Buildup 40333 in real time. Today we have a Christmas Tree.  I have had Christmas trees on my mind lately, due to a little side project at the scout group. So, lets review what we know:final-13

Built around a core of bricks with studs on 4 sides, with some 1×1 round plates to fill the gaps, this is an almost entirely SNOT  (Studs Not On Top) built tree.

 

New Christmas Tree designs are produced at a remarkable rate in LEGO® sets. Here are some of the highlights from Advent calendars. as well as other sets,  over the last few years (However,I won’t include those from 2016 because…spoilers.):

LEGO® City Advent Calendars:

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