Gingerbread House

The Gingerbread House -- White Lights Add Holiday Magic

A gingerbread house -- holiday magic, in miniature! And all that candy to boot. 

But lest we forget that the holidays are about people, not things -- use a gingerbread house as the focus of a family or friends get-together.  

Mix up several batches of gingerbread dough and hit the discount stores for inexpensive candy, then host a gingerbread house construction party! You can even bake up the basic building blocks ahead of time, so your party can skip straight to the fun part of gluing on the goodies with sticky frosting. 

A neat trick -- gingerbread house dough freezes just fine. Make up several batches on a rainy day any time during the year. Pack it into a large zipper-sealed freezer bag, remove the air and seal it up, label and freeze. Take it out of the freezer the day before your gingerbread construction event, and you'll be all set without added holiday stress!