I love the Christmas buildings, but I agree with the fact that it is becoming more a fantasy world than the "regular" Christmas building you can buy in decoration stores. I really liked building this set, but I was very disappointed by the fact that the instruction book is black. There are dark brown pieces and I had to double check sometimes and move the book in a different light to really see which brick I needed. I hope next year will be a more realistic building to add to the collection and the lay out of the box and instruction book will be the same as before.