Lego-loving couple build 12ft Lego Christmas wall complete with fireplace | SWNS

A Lego-loving couple have created a bit of festive cheer by making an entire wall, fireplace and tree from the plastic blocks in their sitting room. For the last 28 years Mike Addis, 64, and his wife Catherine Weightman, 59, have built amazing Lego sculptures each Christmas. Previous creations include a 21-foot London Bridge and a 12-foot replica of Ely cathedral. This year they have made a festive creation with a poignant nod to the cost of living crisis. Inspired by extension work being done on their house in Huntingdon, Cambs, they decided to create a 12-foot by six-foot Lego Christmas wall complete with a fireplace and a six-foot Lego Christmas tree. The wall which fills up their living room has an astonishing amount of detail from the Santa boots dangling from the fireplace to the Lego mince pies and matchsticks that light up Lego candles. But apart from the incredible ingenuity needed to create the piece, it’s had the added side effect of reducing their heat