Competitions

There was a moment when I thought to myself – as I sat on a sofa beside a glittering Christmas tree, wearing a Santa hat and eating milk and cookies surrounded by Christmas decorations made from LEGO bricks – ‘is this really my life?’.  The answer, incredibly, was yes. For one evening, I lived a fantasy in the most gorgeous hotel in London, completely reimagined with LEGO bricks – and one lucky reader and their family will be able to do the same.  But why a LEGO Santa Suite? And why The Savoy? Well, I’m glad you asked. This festive season, The Savoy has undergone a creative makeover, known as the Twelve Rebuilds of Christmas, which is open for the public to visit and runs until January 3 2020. It’s impossible to miss: walk into the glimmering foyer and you’re greeted by the enormous, cheery ‘Dragon-shaped Christmas Tree’; turn around, and you’ll be dazzled by a ‘Princess Rocket Castle’. In total, there are (you guessed it) 12 of these ‘rebuilds’, inspired by each line of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, seen through the eyes of children. It’s impossible not to squeal with glee as you search for each one in the hotel (expect everything from sharks to monkeys, even carrots chasing rabbits!).  The Twelve Rebuilds of Christmas forms part of The LEGO Group’s global Rebuild the World campaign, which launched in September. The concept behind it is that each child possesses powerful creativity, which the campaign aims to nurture as a twenty-first-century skill. Keen to get invol