I had a lot of fun building this with my family. It's been a lot of years since I last bought a set for myself, and I expect it will happen more often going forward.
It isn't the most challenging build but it was fun to include the kids when putting together the most recent edition to our LEGO Christmas Village. There are cute details and nice little touches with the letters to Santa.
Many years ago I used to get the Christmas set every year. I had an extensive collection, then, one year, my sets got demolished, they all went to the floor and everywhere. I stopped. I couldn't get them back together. This year, I've decided to return to a Lego Christmas Village. I very much enjoyed building this set and can't wait for a new one next year.
Overall this is a nice set with interesting features. I really like the hot air balloon and the elf minifigs. I don’t really care for the way the middle and right-side roofs lift off the post office (it makes the post office feel unstable. And it would be nice if the smaller pieces like the Christmas tree, snowmobile, ice fishing pond, and the mail carts were attached to the same base as the post office so that those little accent pieces don’t get lost.
A nice build getting ready for Christmas. It had some challenges. Sometime the colors in booklet don't quite match the actual pieces. Very nice features.