City Advent Calendar 2026
A general Christmas cast and a fold-out Santa’s workshop.
- Pieces
- 252
- Age
- 5+
- US release
- September 2026
Is this the set for you?
Choose the City calendar for a child who wants straightforward Christmas characters and small builds to add to a LEGO town. Its 5+ label and instructions inside the windows make it a useful option for a newer builder.
A good fit for: Builders aged 5+ who enjoy Santa stories and minifigure-scale LEGO play.
Choose a story the child already wants to play
Santa, Mrs. Claus, elves and a baby reindeer help build a workshop story as the doors open. The fold-out box gives the pieces a shared setting. It suits a child who will move the figures around their own LEGO town after the countdown.
The box helps the daily build
Each window has instructions inside it. That makes the next small project easy to find without moving among separate booklets. The 5+ age recommendation is also lower than the 6+ Friends and Star Wars calendars in this comparison, although the child’s own building experience still matters.
City, Friends or Disney Princess?
Friends 42698 emphasizes three minidolls and six small animals in winter activities. Disney Princess 43298 uses microdolls and turns the box into a multiplayer game. Choose City for a Santa workshop and standard minifigure-style stories; choose one of those when animals or a princess game is the stronger interest.