Hi everyone,

We have been so busy getting ready for Christmas but we still found time to enter the downtown gingerbread contest again this year. What fun that was! The theme was favorite children's books. What a great idea. We decided to make our gingerbread house around everyone's favorite Christmas story, "The Night Before Christmas". We made the house like a doll house where you could look inside from the back and see "the children all nestled snug in their beds", the fireplace, Christmas tree and other furniture. The residents had a great time putting the green gum on the sides and front of the house for the siding as well as the wafers on the roof for the shingles. Santa and the eight tiny raindeer were placed on the front lawn.

All our hard work paid off as we again placed 3rd in the competion. Everyone felt very happy with the judges' decision.

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