offthehookart: Gingerbread Decorations

“I’m really big on tradition and we really get into the holidays and decorating. So when I came up with the idea to do a gingerbread house, we all thought it would be really cute and different. There aren’t many like it anywhere,” she sai When it comes to decadent holiday decorations, gingerbread houses take the cake these days. From houses in the shape of tiki bars or the Henri Bendel store in New York City to an Occupy North Pole protest made entirely out of gingerbread and sugar Attendees marveled at the displays of Christmas trees and other decorations, browsed at the gingerbread houses, wreaths, toys and other merchandise and bought some items. Dixie Regional Medical Center conducts the Jubilee, now into its third decade Want a delicious new holiday tradition? Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson shares two unique and easy-to-make cookie recipes that the entire family will enjoy making — and eating: Combine the flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and pepper in a food The public library at Hebron and Josey will host a reading of a holiday-themed story from 2 to 3 p.m. Dec. 29 at 1700 Keller Springs Road. Ages 6 and older can listen to a story and decorate a gingerbread cookie, while supplies last. The event is free. At the Young Chefs Academy in Morganville, a series of gingerbread-house decorating classes for children ages 4 and up is “a freewheeling good time for kids,” said Danielle Heath, the manager and instructor. A premade gingerbread “cottage” around .

The main gift shop features the most themed Polynesian Christmas decor with the tiki god statues details that always changes each year. The gingerbread house also features a small little shop selling Disney treats and goodies and you can even pick Some host gingerbread-making and house-decorating classes and teas. In the case of the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, Calif., doghouses get decorated. Competitions, such as those at Santa Ana's Discovery Science Center, the Ritz-Carlton in Half Queen Elizabeth I is credited with the idea of decorating the cookies in this fashion, after she had some made to resemble the dignitaries visiting her court. Over time some of these festivals came to be known as Gingerbread Fairs, and the gingerbread First Lady Michelle Obama Hosts Military Families For Viewing Of White House Holiday Decorations WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 03: The White House gingerbread house is on display at the State Dining Room December 3, 2014 in Washington, DC. The first lady .