What is Gingerbread House Day?
On December 12th, Gingerbread House Day honors a family's holiday in many parts of the country.
Gregory of Nicopolis, an Armenian monk, introduced gingerbread to Europe around 992 AD and taught French Christians how to bake it. Since gingerbread was often used in religious ceremonies, monks baked to be tough enough to be mold into saint portraits.
We can't blame the Brothers' Grimm for a gingerbread house, but we can't blame them for a gingerbread house. They introduce an evil witch who lives in a gingerbread house through Hansel and Gretel's book. The German gingerbread guilds didn't take long to get the idea. Gingerbread houses were put to a more festive use soon, when making snowy cottages made from the spicy-sweet treat.
We can spend the day baking, cutting, and building to our hearts' delight today. Kits come a long way out of the process so we can get to constructing our winter wonderlands right away.
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