Thursday, December 27, 2018

The Gingerbread House

New daytime Christmas Eve tradition, building the 
Gingerbread Castle
I had a little help from "the boys", and we all had a ton of fun.










Here it is all finished up, it's a "beaut" don't ya think?


Christmas morning was quiet,


but I sure was happy to have youngest son Mike at home.

17 comments:

David M. Gascoigne, said...

It seems to me that everyone was making gingerbread houses about thirty years ago, but here at least hardly anyone seems to do that any more, and the adults who were children then don’t seem to have continued with it. At that time I knew a woman who had immigrated to Canada from Germany and she made the most incredible ginger bread creations - houses, sleighs, Santa Claus........and all without instructions. She had learned the tradition from her mother.

Marie Smith said...

Queit Christmases are wonderful!

Marie Smith said...

Of course the only comment I have been able to post in a week has a spelling mistake! Lol.

Changes in the wind said...

Didn't it turn out cute! I didn't know they had kits already make and ready to put together:) Glad you had your son for Christmas.

Brian King said...

It turned out really nice! You have some good carpenters! :-)

Conniecrafter said...

Your gingerbread house is great, I love the lights on it, great new tradition you have started. I am so glad your son was able to make it home, makes it that much more special, my daughter will be coming home sometime this summer :)

Joyce F said...

One of the most fun times we had at Christmas was when we had a gingerbread (well, graham cracker) house competition. Family members were divided into two teams and given graham crackers (instead of gingerbread), frosting and numerous candy choices. A timer was set and we were off. Both creations were neat but it was the collapsed walls, the fun and laughter that have remained in my memory.

Farm Girl said...

I bet you did. What a fun gingerbread house.

Author R. Mac Wheeler said...

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Debbie said...

oooooh this is so true, it sounds amazing!!!

♥ Łucja-Maria ♥ said...

Hello Dear Debbie!
Your gingerbread house is great.
You had fantastic helpers.
I am glad that you had your beloved Son with you.

Hugs and greetings from Poland.
Lucja

eileeninmd said...

Hello, love the cute gingerbread house. Looks great! So glad your son was home for Christmas! Enjoy your day, have a happy weekend ahead!

Karen Lakis said...

This looks like fun! I'm pretty terrible with icing - yeah, I don't know why... Your family did great. Yes its a beaut!

Ruth Hiebert said...

Happy times and wonderful memories made.

Ryoma Sakamoto.Japan said...

Soon after Christmas, Japanese people start preparing for the year-end and New Year’s events.
Compared to Christmas, many of these events are based on Japanese tradition and are deeply related to religion.
The end-of-year party is called “bonenkai” in Japanese. “Bonen” means to forget (the worries of) the past year.
People are busy with events on New Year’s Eve.

LeAnn said...

Oh, this looked like a precious moment in your life. I do think that Gingerbread house is adorable and I think it is so fun thaat you did it together with your son. I love that your son was home for Christmas. Lots of happy memories there and the photos show it.
Wishing for you a marvelous New Year too! Blessings and hugs~

Lowcarb team member said...

Your gingerbread house looks great.
So pleased to see that your son was home for Christmas.

All the best Jan