It's the season of advent for the Playmobil people in our house...

[SoMuchToBits]

... and so each day up until Christmas I will be bringing you a small scene from Playmoland. A kind of Playmobil advent calendar, with just a simple picture each day.

What's behind the door today?

Some snowmen which the children have made!

Glad to see you again OP. You are one of just most favourite threads. Ever. Every year I look out for you. ❤️

I see Marta hasn’t started on the blue wine yet!

Thank you @Oblomov23 , you can thank @petalpower for prodding me into doing this one! @ChessieFL I'm sure they'll have cracked it open by this evening, after all their hard work arranging the decorations!

Quiet here today! But I'll be back in the morning to open another door.
I'm sure they must have started the blue by now...

What's behind the door today? A shepherd and sheep!

Those sheep look very happy. I hope they are not destined for any cooking pots. < Looks sternly at pot-owners>

Pristine snow - I can feel the chill!

I love the thread's backdrop Bits it's much nicer than William & Kate's Xmas card!

I haven't seen William and Kate's card - for some strange reason I don't appear to be on their Christmas card list!
What do you think the Playmo royal family would put on their Christmas card?

I always enjoy the positionable animals!

I think the Playmo Royal Christmas Card would feature the king visiting his elderly subjects (are there any old Playmolanders? I can’t remember…)

Here it is - too much wrinkly backdrop not enough of the people!

Ah, I see what you mean! The children suddenly all look very grown up too!

Yes, there are some elderly Playmo people. Here's a photo from 2019 when the children were delivering their Harvest Festival baskets to the people in the Sea View day centre for the elderly.

Lovely shepherds!
The old people in the day centre seem to have very stiff legs but are obviously enjoying the children visiting.

The sheep are incredibly clean too - Playmoland is a magical place!

Ah, I think stiff legs are a common feature for Playmo people, whatever their age!

Luckily it doesn’t seem to bother them or stop them doing energetic physical activities.

Just as well they can still get up to all sorts of things! I'm having a bit of a chuckle about the clean sheep too...

I'd love to hear everyone else's suggestions for what the Playmo royal family should put on their Christmas card!

Well I don’t know, because I understand that royal families like to put photos of themselves on their cards but I think this is really tacky so I think it would be better to have just a snowy nature scene like non royal people.

Like maybe some sheep standing by a bale of hay.

Well that was a bit surreal. Going from all the advent pictures of being plain-ish on white background, to the Royal black/white photo then ...

BAM!!! STRAIGHT IN THE FACE!!! bright colour of the harvest festival 😂😂

Thanks. I’ve binged a couple of days doors this evening. Made my blue wine hangover a little better.

@TheCountessofFitzdotterel I'll let King Athelstan know your thoughts. I'm sure I have some bales of hay somewhere in one of the farm sets!

Sorry for the colour overload @Pixiedust1234 !

@MoverOfPaper I think you might need Norman to make you a fry-up!

I could completely do with that. Is that a service he offers? I think I need Kylie too…

Well, he likes a good fry-up himself, so maybe while he's at it, he could throw in a few sausages and eggs for you!

What's behind the door today? Some children sledging on Beany Hill!