Updated for 2023…
Love the holidays? So do we! That’s why we’ve been making a list of LEGO holiday sets available over the years… or at the very least, the ones we know about. We’ve already gone over the LEGO Winter Village series, winter village filler polybags and box sets and LEGO Advent Calendars. Today we’ll go over some of the standalone LEGO holiday sets you can use to decorate around the house.
Standalone LEGO Holiday Sets
This sets don’t quite fit into a winter village scene, but they make nice standalone holiday decorations.
LEGO Millennium Falcon Holiday Diorama (40658)
This is definitely one of my favorite holiday sets… although it does not fit the “winter village” vibe. Released for 2023, the LEGO Millennium Falcon Holiday Diorama recreates the jovial Christmas gathering from the LEGO Star Wars: Holiday Special.
Featuring a brick-built rendition of the Millennium Falcon’s lounge and sleeping quarters, the set includes five LEGO Star Wars characters, such as Rey and Finn in holiday sweaters, complete with their lightsabers, plus Chewbacca, BB-8, and a Porg. With limited availability from October 1st to December 31st, 2023, this collectible set is a must-have addition for any LEGO Star Wars collector who also happens to love winter village.
Step into a festive galaxy far, far away and pick up this set at Shop@Home!
LEGO Nutcracker (40640)
Step into the holiday cheer with the new enchanting LEGO Nutcracker (40640) set for 2023! The build has an opening mouth, as you would expect with any nutcracker. However, it also has moveable arms. You can also craft your own interpretation of this iconic figure by choosing between a male or female face
Pick up your own Nutcracker at Shop@Home!
LEGO Friends Igloo Holiday Adventure (41760)
The LEGO Friends Igloo Holiday Adventure is a new release for 2023. The set comes with 3 minidolls, 2 huskies and a sled. It also has accessories for creative role play, including a camera, snowshoes, cookies, 2 cups of cocoa and firewood. While it doesn’t fully fit the vibe of the existing winter village sets, it could definitely get added into the mix.
Pick up your set here on Shop@Home.
LEGO Wintertime Polar Bears (40571)
From 2022, you can enjoy a cute polar bear family set with the LEGO Wintertime Polar Bears. Witness the joy as the baby polar bear rides a sleigh while the adult bear looks on. Complete with a charming Christmas tree, this set creates a magical winter display that is a fun addition for the season.
Pick up your own sweet polar bear scene at Shop@Home.
LEGO Santa’s Workshop (40565)
Step into the enchanting world of holiday cheer with the delightful LEGO Santa’s Workshop (40565) set! This set features Santa and an elf minifigure, charming buildable toys, and an interactive conveyor belt that brings the playable fun factor to ten. As the second seasonal gift of 2022, this set was an exclusive treat for LEGO enthusiasts, available as a free gift with purchases over $150 on LEGO.com.
We missed this GWP, but you can still pick this set up on Amazon.
LEGO Santa’s Front Yard (40484)
I was sad to miss this gift with purchase for 2021. LEGO Santa’s Front Yard (40484) comes with an adorable elf minifigure, a brick-built reindeer, and a picturesque scene illuminated by the soft glow of an icy moon. I especially love the stream and the snow-cloaked trees. The North Pole sign and lantern add delightful touches.
You can’t get this as a gift anymore, but you can pick it up on Amazon.
LEGO Mr. & Mrs. Claus’ Living Room (40489)
Planned for 2021, but never released, you’ll be lucky to find one of the LEGO Mr. & Mrs. Claus’ Living Room sets that made it out of the factory prior to getting pulled. Meant to be the Black Friday gift with purchase, LEGO pulled the set last minute touting “quality issues”. Although, many believe it has more to do with the grumpy demeanor of Santa as he holds his naughty list. If you look close enough, it also seems you could have made out the names on the naughty list. My suspicion is LEGO didn’t want to make any kids feel bad, so they pulled the set.
Shame, though, because we’ve only seen Mrs. Claus in another set and would have been nice to have her in this new outfit.
LEGO Christmas Penguin (40498)
Released in 2021, this adorable Christmas Penguin display from LEGO makes a cute standalone for decorating your house. The penguin comes with a beautifully adorned Christmas tree and three snugly wrapped presents on its display platform.
No longer available on Shop@Home, you can pick up this set on Amazon.LEGO Christmas Penguin (40498) on Amazon
LEGO Charles Dickens Tribute (40410)
Mr. Family Brick geeked out over this set as soon as he saw it! A wonderful little tribute to Charles Dickens classic, “A Christmas Carol”, this set comes with 3 minifigures: Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim. The vignette is built on a book platform and appears to have some great stickers.
This set was available as a gift with purchase in 2020 and sold out rather quickly. You can still pick up your own on Amazon.
LEGO Christmas Wreath 2-in-1 (40426)
This set is a bit of a deviation from the norm for LEGO. A holiday set that serves as a traditional home decor decoration is probably a first… or at the very least, few and far between. With 500 pieces and a good bit of the new style plant-based foliage, this is definitely a set to pick up.
This set sells for $34.99 and is available in stores or online now.
LEGO BrickHeadz Nutcracker (40425)
Guys, I’m not a fan of BrickHeadz, but they are slowly winning me over. This one, in particular, since it fits the winter theme so well.
This set sells for $9.99 and is available in stores and online now.
LEGO BrickHeadz Reindeer, Elf & Elfie (40353)
Released in 2019, the Reindeer, Elf and Elfie characters come with a buildable North Pole scene, featuring a signpost and Santa’s mailbox with 2 letter elements. Those scene setting pieces are fantastic for a winter village scene.
You can pick up this set on Amazon.
LEGO Christmas Gift Box (40292)
Released in 2018, the LEGO Christmas Gift Box is an interesting little build that morphs into a Christmas decorated living room. Pick up your own gift box on Amazon.
LEGO BrickHeadz Mr. & Mrs. Claus (40274)
Released in 2018, Mr. & Mrs. Claus are a pair of the cutest BrickHeadz I’ve ever come across. Again, still not a fan of the BrickHeadz builds, but these definitely help towards winning me over.
While the set is sold out on Shop@Home, you can also find it on Amazon.
LEGO Nutcracker (40254)
Set description:
Capture the magic of the festive season with this colorful LEGO® interpretation of the famous nutcracker, featuring a cool beard and red uniform with golden detailing.
The Little Brick is a lover of nutcrackers so this one was a definite “yes” for our family. Picked up in 2017 as a promo with qualifying purchase, we put ours as a statue in our winter village. Probably better as a standalone set if you don’t build anything around it. You can get yours on Amazon.
LEGO Jolly Santa (30478)
Released in 2017, the LEGO Jolly Santa set was an interesting brick built figure with a slope beard and rounded belly. When I see these figures, I sometimes think LEGO was prepping us for the release of the BrickHeadz theme. You probably already know I’m not a fan of most brick-built figures, so we passed on this one. However, you can probably find it on Amazon.
LEGO Snowglobe (40223)
Released in 2016, the Santa Christmas Snowglobe build has a hidden drawer you can access via the “doormat” pull in front of the door on the base. While this is meant to be a standalone build (and the LEGO “snowflakes” do not float like in the product photo above), we’ve put it as the center statue to one of our courtyards. You can pick up yours on Amazon.
LEGO Little Elf Helpers (40205)
This set was introduced by LEGO for the 2016 holiday season. Featuring two elves working hard in Santa’s workshop, this one is bound to be tons of fun to fill in an area. However, you’ll want to take into consideration that these are not minifigure size, so you won’t be able to just stick them into your existing winter village build.
I think they would do best as a standalone display in an area that needs some sort of Christmas decoration. Or, you could build them into your winter village as statues in the town square. Either one is an excellent idea for decorating and building!
You can pick up this set at Amazon.com.
LEGO Santa Claus (40206)
This is the second brick built seasonal box set LEGO released for 2016. While Santa Clause is cute, he has the same issues as the LEGO Elves’ Workshop set, that he is not minifigure scale sized. Again, this means you can either use him as a decoration in another area of your house, or build him in as a statue decoration for your town square… or anything else the inventive minds in your household come up with!
You can pick up this set at Amazon.com.
Lego Gingerbread House (40139)
This lovely little set was a LEGO exclusive release in 2015 as a minimum purchase promo. While fitting right into the LEGO Winter theme, we consider it more of standalone set. The reason behind this is that while it is a minifigure scale size, it’s not much larger than that. It works better if you build around it. For example, one of our readers placed his gingerbread house as the centerpiece of his winter market!
You can get your hands on this set on Amazon.com.
LEGO Santa’s Visit (40125)
Here’s another set released in 2015, that comes with Santa Clause and a minifigure cat, which are always a great hit with kids. As this set is retired, you can now find it on Amazon.com.
LEGO Reindeer (40092)
This was one of the 2014 holiday sets released in store. You can still find this set on Amazon.com.
LEGO Creator Snowman Polybag (30197)
This is a polybag released in 2014. You can still find it on Amazon.com.
LEGO Snowman (40093)
This was one of the seasonal sets from 2014. I’m not a fan, so we didn’t pick it up. However, it sold out quickly, so it definitely was a popular item for LEGO lovers. You can find the LEGO Snowman set on Amazon.com.
LEGO Winter Fun (40124)
We picked up this set last week and have been waiting until the 1st to build. Most of our Christmas decorations are up, so I’m not quite sure where we’re going to place this set aside from leaving it on our dining room table. You can pick up this set from Amazon.com.
LEGO Santa’s Sleigh Polybag (40059)
If you’ve already purchased Santa’s Workshop, you probably won’t want this one for your winter village setup. However, if you’d just like a little scene to place around the house, this is a good polybag for you. This was released in 2013 and can now be found on Amazon.com.
LEGO Creator Emerald Express (40059)
This is by far one of my favorite standalone sets. So much so, my husband purchased 2 additional ones as stocking stuffers last year so I could assemble all 3 parts of the train. We don’t have the Emerald Express in our winter village, but it is still a fun little build to own. You can purchase this set at Shop@Home (but it is currently sold out there) or Amazon.com.
LEGO Rocking Horse (40035)
Set description:
Add the Christmas Rocking Horse to your LEGO® Rocking Horse!
Create a classic Christmas Rocking Horse with LEGO® bricks! This great stocking stuffer to Christmas decoration features a white horse with a red rocker, blue reins and gold trim details. Seat a minifigure on the 4-stud saddle!
• Features white horse with a red rocker, blue reins and gold trim details
• Easy to build
• Makes a great stocking stuffer!
This was a lovely polybag set released in 2012. We picked it up and added a “rein” so we could hang it on our tree. We didn’t include it as winter village filler because of its size, but that doesn’t necessarily disqualify it from being used in your village. You can pick it up on Amazon.
LEGO Holiday Set (2 of 2) 3300002
Available in 2011 as a promo free with qualifying purchase, the LEGO Holiday Set was a lovely Santa Clause, fireplace and cookies vignette. Want one for your collection, grab it on Amazon!
LEGO Father Christmas with Sledge (40010)
This one I just came across this year while sorting. The LEGO Father Christmas with Sledge (40010) is a 71 piece set released in 2010 as a LEGO exclusive. Also known as the “LEGO Santa with Sleigh Building Set”, you can find it on Amazon.
While I did say this was a complete list, I may have missed one here or there. What other sets would you add to make this list of ultimate holiday LEGO sets complete?
You can also read the other parts of this post series here:
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