When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade (or freeze them to make yellow pain orbs to be hurled at enemies). When the Lego Advent Calendar gives you a mediocre Lego item, you make better Lego items. This was my philosophy going into Day 15. After Cynthia’s much-anticipated arrival yesterday, certainly the calendar would spit out a crappy toy today.

I was kind of right.

Continue, if you dare. And I dare you. So you better do it or else everyone will think you’re a wuss and they’ll hurl pain orbs at your wussy face.

It’s a table!

The Goat family needs a table. How else are they to enjoy the bountiful feast of dog food sausage and bread? It’s a nice table. It’s probably the table-iest table you could make with Lego bricks. It also has a strange lamp in the middle.

The lamp is the best part because it comes with a clear Lego Head. The Lego Head pieces are fun, blank or otherwise. But I’ve never seen a clear Lego Head. Faster than you can say, “Dan, you’re an adult,” I deconstructed my Lego Table to make…

Mr. Ice Face!

Isn’t he great? The photo doesn’t do Mr. Ice Face justice. He looks much more impressive and alien in real life. Maybe I should start a chain mail campaign so that I can send him to all of you. You can look at him for a day, and then send it on to the next person. That makes sense, right?

Of course, Mr. Ice Face needs a sidekick. Using another piece of the Lego Table, I created…

Mr. Ice Face and Hidden Dragon, the Samurai Girl.

They fight crime.

Day 15 Rating (As is): 1.9 out of 4 (Points deducted because a table won’t solve a family crisis.)
Day 15 Rating (Modified): 3.9 out of 4 (Points added because Mr. Ice Face and Hidden Dragon will kick your ass if you give them a lesser score.)

Then I made a totem pole.

Want more holiday fun? No? Never mind.

But if you want more holiday fun later, check out these new slide shows I made for SparkNotes:

How to Survive Family Holiday Parties

How to be a Great Holiday Guest (With Illustrations!)

And check out my in-depth look at “A Charlie Brown Christmas” by clicking here.

See you tomorrow.