Oooh, a Nice one! Good to see the theme is back on Earth again!

Kinda funny that the translation says "dolls" — imagine if this were a minidoll set.

This has a chance to be my first Winter Village set. Which does not exactly bode well for me, especially with that piece count... but I really like this set. It's quaint, it's the quintessential family Christmas scene, and it's got the light blue color scheme everyone's been lauding the recolored Fiat 500 for, which I like too (I just received a light blue door from 75958 Beauxbatons' Carriage: Arrival at Hogwarts in a BrickLink order). It'll also be my first Santa minifigure if I don't end up getting the sleigh (and I highly doubt I will).

interesting shape, not just a flat facade and flat open back but not my cup of tea. I am rather into reindeer battle pack xD

Nice one! What s that symbol on the right side of the box saying 1-2? Something like 'fun to build together?'

What a lovely set…. I like that

The back is a little bit ‘open’ but it’s nice to get a ‘regular’ Winter Village set, as nice as the more fantastical ones have been.

This set was also revealed in some other countries, including Singapore where the official English description is shown here:

If you’re dreaming of the perfect Christmas Eve, get the festive season off to a magical start with this LEGO® Santa’s Visit (10293) model building set. It’s the ideal way to spend quality time with a cosy project for adults and families. Build the intricate Christmas house and explore all of the model’s jolly features before placing it on display.

A build packed with traditions Spot all the ingredients that make Christmas Eve so special. There are stockings on the fireplace, a plate of cookies with milk for Santa, and even a place setting for him at the dining table. The exterior is equally detailed. See the Christmas tree, which lights up when you press down gently on the tree top. Extra details complete the cheerful scene with presents, a postbox and brick-built boughs under the ‘snow’-topped roof.

A Christmas building project to savour Santa’s Visit is part of the LEGO Winter Village Collection; a collection of buildable model kits for adults that celebrate the festive season.

Enjoy a magical Christmas build with this LEGO® Santa’s Visit (10293) building kit. Explore all the traditional details of Santa’s visit with an enchanting Christmas house model to display.
Includes 4 minifigures with dad, mum, girl and Santa so you can recreate endless cosy family Christmas Eve scenes. See Santa drop through the large chimney into the fireplace.
Enjoy spotting all the festive details of the intricate interior. There are stockings on the fireplace, a plate of cookies with milk for Santa and gifts hidden around the house.
This model looks amazing from all angles, making it a perfect seasonal display piece. See the cute kitchen with its sweet brick-built stand mixer.
Add a festive glow to your Christmas Eve scene. The Christmas tree features a light brick (with battery included) that lights up when you press the top.
Looking for great Christmas gift ideas? This model building kit is ideal for LEGO® fans or any adult or family who’d love to receive a model building kit with a beautiful display piece to enjoy.
This collectible Christmas house measures over 7.5 in. (19 cm) high, 10.5 in. (27 cm) wide and 6.5 in. (16 cm) deep. The rear roof moves outwards giving further access to the upper floor bedroom.
Part of the LEGO® Winter Village Collection, this collectible Christmas house buildable model is from a range of creative building sets designed for adult building fans.
LEGO® building bricks are manufactured from high-quality materials. They’re consistent, compatible and connect and pull apart easily every time – it’s been that way since 1958.
With LEGO® pieces, safety and quality come first. That’s why they’re rigorously tested so you can be sure that the model is as robust as it is beautiful.

It should retail for 100US and look at the new cookie and letter print!!

I really like that family portrait above the fire place.
I do find the minifigures a bit odd tho, they should either all be in pajamas or all wearing day clothes.
The details are very nice tho, especially the birdhouse, mixer, and snowman.

I like this one. It has a very quaint and cozy feel to it. I'm curious about the price though considering the surprisingly large piece count.

This looks great! Goes very nicely with 10229 and not an elf in sight!

Assuming this will be another Oct 1st release, it looks like it's going to be a gas, electricity and food free month!

Finally a normal house for the Winter village, though I'm not sure I have any space left on my setup now...

Love it! So much detail inside and out. And to put the light brick inside the Christmas tree is just genius, can't wait to see that in action!

It look neat and I'll definitely get it, but I wish they would go smaller again like the bakery, toyshop and post office.

Looks great. Lego is also doing a great job at reducing leaks before the official reveal. I love seeing sets for the first time on the pages of Brickset. There have been quite a few recently.

Love the ringed planet hanging in the girl's bedroom.

Whoa! I love this. Definite purchase for this years addition the my winter village (sorry Hogsmeade - maybe next year).

I especially love that it is a corner house - my winter village always sits under the christmas tree around the four footed stand for the tree and this will fit perfectly between two of the feet.

I thought the bright blue was a bit too bright, but it makes it look extra chilly outside. And love the use of green Wolverine claws.

Looks nice, but reading the following made me cringe:

"A build packed with traditions Spot all the ingredients that make Christmas Eve so special."

Because none of the things they mention have anything to do with the Christmas traditions over here. Neither do we place the Christmas tree outside, nor do we have Santa, cookies and milk, or stockings on the fireplace. (who has a fireplace nowadays anyway, most new homes over here are heated by heatpumps combined with central heating and don't even have a traditional chimney anymore? Even when we built our house 13 years ago and decided we wanted a stove in the living room (and therefore needed to build a chimney - with all the regulatory and maintenance hassles that come with one), everyone thought we were mad). Funny to see that our house is the only one in the entire neighborhood that has a chimney - at least theoretically Santa could come to us. He would end up burning in the stove though, as it of course isn't an open fireplace. ;-)

But I understand that LEGO goes for what is commonplace in their largest market. Just don't expect us to get excited for something we only know from the stereotypical American movies about Christmas.

At least the light brick can still be activated manually. Going by TLG's fondness for mobile devices, I would have half-expected the function to require app-control...

Warning: comment may include slight doses of sarcasm! :-)

@AustinPowers said:
"Looks nice, but reading the following made me cringe:

"A build packed with traditions Spot all the ingredients that make Christmas Eve so special."

Because none of the things they mention have anything to do with the Christmas traditions over here. Neither do we place the Christmas tree outside, nor do we have Santa, cookies and milk, or stockings on the fireplace. (who has a fireplace nowadays anyway, most new homes over here are heated by heatpumps combined with central heating and don't even have a traditional chimney anymore? Even when we built our house 13 years ago and decided we wanted a stove in the living room (and therefore needed to build a chimney - with all the regulatory and maintenance hassles that come with one), everyone thought we were mad).

But I understand that LEGO goes for what is commonplace in their largest market. Just don't expect us to get excited for something we only know from the stereotypical American movies about Christmas. "

It's "traditional" for the Default Country, so it has to be "traditional" for everyone, right?

What? Europe? Different cultures? Never heard of it.

Yet another set that shouldn't be rated "18+" under any reasonable circumstance...

@DavidBrick said:
" @jkb said:
"Oooh, a Nice one! Good to see the theme is back on Earth again!"

Did it leave? Did I miss the space based sets?
"

I'm guessing they mean less Christmas "fantasy", but now I want a LEGO Santa Star Cruiser set and christmas trees on the Moon :)

@DavidBrick said:
" @jkb said:
"Oooh, a Nice one! Good to see the theme is back on Earth again!"

Did it leave? Did I miss the space based sets?
"
Yes. Don't you remember set 122526 Santa's Reindeer Reindeer REINDEER! sleigh?

@Arnoldos said:
"What? Europe? Different cultures? Never heard of it."
And yet Lego is run from Denmark...

Ohhhhh I love it!! I love the style of the house, I love the shape, the rounded roof corners, the smooth mounds of snow on the ground. There are so many lovely little details such as the greenery under the roofline, the mixmaster and the tablecloth. And I am really happy that I first saw it in this official announcement rather than in a grainy leaked image. Great job keeping it under wraps, Lego!!

@Toymaker said:
"Only disappointment is the colour ... a different colour to 10229 would have been preferable"
I first thought the same, but looking again I think this may actually be Light Royal Blue as opposed to Medium Blue?

@nick3c said:
"I do find the minifigures a bit odd tho, they should either all be in pajamas or all wearing day clothes."
No, I think it makes sense; the implication, as I understand it, is that the girl has gone to bed early in anticipation of Santa's arrival, while her parents are still up and around. Or is that not part of any Christmas tradition anymore? Certain media at least *suggested* it was a thing when I was younger, though I don't think anyone actually DID go to bed early on Christmas Eve...

On a different note, I see that mailbox outside the house. What a very American detail!
(I joke, but seriously. I'd only ever seen those in old cartoons, I thought they were a myth. Same as yellow school buses. Then I visited my gf in America and was surprised to find out those are both things that actually exist!)

I dunno, it looks nice, but. While there's a lot to like here, somehow it just doesn't grab me like some others do. Might just be personal preference on my part, though.

Does Santa fit down the chimney? That is all I need to know.

@gizzmo55 said:
"Does Santa fit down the chimney? That is all I need to know. "
@gorf43 said:
"But can Santa go down the chimney? "
Already answered: @LEGO said:
"See Santa drop through the large chimney into the fireplace. "

Yes, I also use my attic space to store cake...

@AustinPowers said:
"Looks nice, but reading the following made me cringe:

"A build packed with traditions Spot all the ingredients that make Christmas Eve so special."

Because none of the things they mention have anything to do with the Christmas traditions over here. Neither do we place the Christmas tree outside, nor do we have Santa, cookies and milk, or stockings on the fireplace. (who has a fireplace nowadays anyway, most new homes over here are heated by heatpumps combined with central heating and don't even have a traditional chimney anymore? Even when we built our house 13 years ago and decided we wanted a stove in the living room (and therefore needed to build a chimney - with all the regulatory and maintenance hassles that come with one), everyone thought we were mad). Funny to see that our house is the only one in the entire neighborhood that has a chimney - at least theoretically Santa could come to us. He would end up burning in the stove though, as it of course isn't an open fireplace. ;-)

But I understand that LEGO goes for what is commonplace in their largest market. Just don't expect us to get excited for something we only know from the stereotypical American movies about Christmas.

At least the light brick can still be activated manually. Going by TLG's fondness for mobile devices, I would have half-expected the function to require app-control...

Warning: comment may include slight doses of sarcasm! :-) "

Winter Village 2022 will rectify this: 10298 Krampus Attack XD

Stuff that nobody seems to have mentioned yet:
- The lantern and porch lights appear to have opalescent -x1 round bricks.
- If the speculation about 60234 is correct, this may be their first interracial family.
- The family portrait is Stuart’s eye.
- The crazy geometry that allows those 2x2 tiles to tie the floor together.
- The obvious safety issues involved with having to pull up the ladder to a loft to use as a safety rail.
- The loaves of bread, the recliner chair...

@MrClassic:
I believe the interior shot is intended to depict the tree with the light on.

@AustinPowers:
The tree is a separate build. As such, it has to be shown with both the full interior and full exterior shot. In the US, nobody puts the family tree (with presents underneath) outside either, but families, companies, and governments will often put lights (but not ornaments) on trees and shrubs outside. Fireplaces are also a luxury item in most modern houses. You use some other means for your primary source of heating, and only light the fireplace for ambiance. Rustic homes, especially those that are off-grid, may be exceptions where the sole source of heat is fireplaces. Even when a chimney is present (traditional fireplaces, but also gas furnaces, and possibly fuel oil), it’s generally too small for a person to fit inside. The traditional claim is, therefore, that Santa uses magic to “teleport” down the chimney (and that the same trick works in cases where there isn’t one).

@mfg3000:
I wouldn’t expect to see another WV Santa set for many years (if ever), but the holiday GWPs are always fair game.

@LEGO_Ink:
No, unusual building techniques certainly have to be tested, but if they don’t stress the parts, cause misalignment issues, result in weak connections, or pose too much of a challenge to disassemble, they aren’t necessarily “illegal”. Because the tri-leaves use the same base as 1x1 round plates, there’s a bit of a gap that results when they sit side-by-side like that. As long as the two is wider and deeper than the width and thickness of the window frame on the door, and the negligible weight won’t be likely to result in the window frame being bent or broken, it should be fine.

@Johnny__Thunder97:
It’s a wrapped present. By the shape, it could be a hatbox. By its placement, it’s something the gift-giver doesn’t want the intended recipient to know about until it’s time to open presents. It’s not uncommon for people to shake wrapped gifts to see if they can guess the contents, which may be fine for “filler” presents, but the main gift someone receives might be hidden to ensure they’re genuinely surprised when they open it.

I really can't figure out Lego and this "18+" set range. There is absolutely NO reason this set should be targeted mainly at adults.

I first thought "18+" was silly when the White House set was marked that way...but considering the former occupant of the White House who was still in office when it was announced, that kind of made sense in a way. They were marketing that architecture series to adults though, not kids...so fine. Then I thought it was ridiculous that Pooh or Sesame Street were 18+, but was told "It's for the nostalgia!" Okay, I'll still roll my eyes, but fine. Modular buildings as 18+? Okay, they're expensive and have complex building techniques...fine.

Now THIS is 18+? No. Lego, stop. You're getting out of control here. There is no reason this set should not also be marketed towards children. Make it 16+ at least...and start figuring out how you can market sets to BOTH children AND adults!

In 20 years, we're going to look back at this time in Lego's history and just shake our heads in disbelief. ...like we do now for silly things like Galidor, Jack Stone, and "My Dad".

@Zander said:
"Given that Christmas is in your summer, does the snow/winter imagery rankle down under? Does it feel jarring? Does it impact LEGO's local sales of sets like this one? I'm genuinely curious.

Perhaps someone should mod this to an Australian version with no snow, no lit fireplace and everyone in beachwear!
"
No, no, no and no thanks!!! I don't speak for every Aussie but, to me, Christmas and snow is the most wonderful, magical combination. You see... all the Christmas stories, songs, images and even the tradition of the hot baked dinner that I grew up with were all imported from the northern hemisphere. I moved to England at the age of 23 and finally it felt like real Christmas, and everything made sense... even the sparkly decorations twinkle completely differently during the day under the pale English winter sun instead of being drowned out by the harsh summer sun. And the decorative lights brighten up the darkness of the long winter nights... whereas in Australia darkness doesn't come until well after all children are tucked up fast asleep, so we never got to see the decorative lights that people put up on their houses (though now my kids are older they are allowed to stay up later and we do some late evening twilight walks to see the lights).

Winter is my favourite season anyway, and yes, even when I was living in England. All that said, when I returned home after 5 Christmases away, I was really happy to spend Christmas with my family again, and that is what makes Christmas special nowadays. Things are a bit different now in Australia though; most (I think) people's Christmas meal is more suited to the climate with cold salads and frozen desserts etc., and there are plenty of native Christmas themed images (on wrapping paper, decorations etc.) where snow doesn't feature. Still plenty of snow around for those who like it though... it still is a big part of Christmas here if one wishes it to be. Just not the real thing. Well, very rarely there is a cold snap on Christmas Day and snow falls on the nearby mountain tops. I do live in Melbourne, after all, which is famous for having four seasons in a day.

So anyway, the Lego winter village theme brought me out of my dark ages and brings me much joy, bringing back memories of the northern hemisphere winter, and letting me dream of a time in the future when I can take my family to experience a northern hemisphere winter Christmas holiday.