The proprietor of the #LegoAlpineLodge sees another business opportunity at the frozen over village pond and sets up a skate hire stall. The frozen pond is compared to the one that came with the bakery.

Finally everyone (including lots of minifigs from previous sets) piles back to the lodge for a rousing chorus of 🎶“We wish you a merry Christmas” around the tree.

And that is the set completed!

(My fave bit is that the lady with grey hair gets to drive the snowmobile.)

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A lady has turned up to deliver the Christmas tree to the #LegoAlpineLodge by snowmobile. (There’s a Christmas tree stall right next door guys!)

The proprietor has belatedly realised he didn’t include any bathrooms in his lodge (in fact there are none anywhere in the village! 😳) and assembles an outside toilet for the guests. It’s a little primitive and probably very chilly but at least there is loo paper.

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By the end of the day the #LegoAlpineLodge is complete and the proprietor hangs out the shingle for the Two Pines Inn. The guests now have separate bedrooms and the attic roof can be raised up!

There’s still more to build as there are extra accessories and a Christmas tree for reception to come.

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The proprietor of the #LegoAlpineLodge continues to build up the roof; decorating with holly and berries as he goes. It’s done so that the chimney can be pressed down as a button to light up the fire! 😁

There’s space in the attic for another paying guest, but no one else has arrived yet so the proprietor has a sit down.

I had no idea where the light brick was going in the #LegoAlpineLodge but now the fire is alight! 🔥

I think ‘elf & safety’ might have something to say about the placement of the upstairs fireplace next to the bed but the cat is pleased with it.

The upstairs now has a ceiling and the proprietor is starting to assemble the roof.

Bag 8 was notable for only having a single random extra Lego piece in it.

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The guest sleeps peacefully in the #LegoAlpineLodge while furniture is arranged around her. She wakes to find curtains have been put up and slippers left out for her too. The skier has had a less comfortable night holding onto his ski poles. He is quite enthused to find he can ski jump from the balcony though! The proprietor rushes to stop him and realises he probably needs to fence the balcony soon.

(I really like the interlocking corner logs on the cabin.)

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The upstairs needs building before the guest can rest for the night. The apprentice builder has made a flat lay of bag 6! There are many logs to put in place. The guest room is now ready. Another skier arrives at the #LegoAlpineLodge but the I think the builders are finished for the day.
It turns out to have been fortuitous to have got the fire going because a cold guest holding an indignant cat (by the tail) arrives at the #LegoAlpineLodge now! The proprietor takes delivery of the front desk, coffee machine and seating at the same time and the guest enjoys a doughnut with her cat.

At the end of bag 4 (my second), the proprietor of the #LegoAlpineLodge has built a fire, decorated the hearth (as well as the doorway) and is tending to his log pile.

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I found an old photo that showed that the #Lego winter village I have now was all built before 2015. I couldn’t squeeze any more onto the windowsill at the old house so it stopped growing. Now, having downsized our actual house we actually have more windowsill space so I let Santa know that the village could expand and he delivered!

The village is gaining an Alpine Lodge! First bag built. (Actually bag 3 of the set.)

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