Minecraft Advent Calendar - Day 1

Happy December, dear Brickset readers! This year marks my first time covering a set for our Advent Countdown... if you don't count 2016's 40222 and 2017's 40253, the Christmas Build-Ups, which were not traditional LEGO Advent Calendars. Those were certainly interesting! This time, I get to cover the first LEGO Minecraft Advent Calendar, 21280. Let's hope it's only the start of a long tradition, as the game offers so much potential for small seasonal builds (or just generic, but useful...