Gingerbread

years, gingerbread houses have been made by families during Christmas season, as part of Christmas festivities. Families gather around the table go bake and decorate gingerbread houses and eat gingerbread cookies (Avey 2013). Some even participate in very competitive gingerbread house-making competitions. While these houses are very elaborate and take hours and hours of very hard work, basic gingerbread houses are very easy to make and decorate (Bauer). When creating an edible gingerbread house,

the witch knowing that they could move. The gingerbread men thought that if the witch knew they could move she would not let them leave and just make them do stuff for her and do all her chores and make her breakfast lunch and dinner. One of the gingerbread men did not go back to his spot he went along the side of the oven to try and slip out when the old witch came to check that the cookies weren't burnt. When she opened the oven door the one gingerbread man slipped out and hid under the oven and

Gingerbread originated around 230B.C. in ancient Greece. This baked holiday good can range from moist loaves to biscuit-like crisps. Gingerbread is generally flavored with ginger, nutmeg, cloves, honey, or cinnamon. For years people have constructed little houses made of gingerbread, but what would it be to live in one of these? Would the labor of building a life-size confection home be enough to make someone not to build one? Would it be a wonderful home and project, or a hazardous disaster? A

This is a story that was created in May 1875. The story is The Gingerbread Man, it is consider a fairy tale. The story has been updated throughout the years. Back in the day it was told as a tale believed to make kids stay at home and away from strangers. It was also had many cultural belief that do not exist at this time.     In order to understand the fairy tale we must first understand the significance of the oven in Europe back in 1875. The oven itself was a sacred space throughout most of Europe

memories together. The one that I remember the most is when we went over to where her she was staying and we brought things to make gingerbread houses. It took an hour to get there because it’s passed Wixom. She was staying in Maria’s house. That family would take care of her with medicine, food, and celebrated most of the holidays. In the car, we had the boxes of gingerbread house kits. My brother, Hunter who was 14 at the time was finally getting out of the house. Hunter always wanted to play on the

The Inn in the Fall As visitors approach one of the most beautiful inns in North Carolina they will be serenaded by the rhythmic thumping of the tires as they cross each cobblestone. The inn is like a massive wall of rocks that looks to be touching the blue sky. The red tile roof looks like a red cloud sitting atop this castle of rocks. These rocks were placed over one hundred years ago and still stand in their exact spot. From the parking area you can almost imagine the horse drawn wagons that

Coolness, night sky, outside, fireflies, moonlight, chasing and playing tag with her sister, up until her sister poofed into dust, still hearing laughter as everything seemed to be watered down and dripping. The fireflies seeped into goo, the ground was shaking, the night sky’s stars were falling like raindrops, even the bits and chunks of the sky. She panicked, looking around, scared and confused. She kept hearing laughter, until everything was silent, until everything wasn’t moving, until everything

about the snowfall while my siblings and I bag. When the cashier gets to the ten, fist-sized bags of various candies, he pauses a beat. Then he continues, we are sure it’s not the weirdest thing he has seen. Mom explains that we are decorating gingerbread houses, that’s why we need so many kinds. It is clear to me that he did not necessarily want the backstory of our collection of sugar, but he nods anyway, in the perfect customer service way. After we have rung up, we head back home, fighting over

Making a gingerbread house is a Christmas tradition for many families. With attention to decorating trees along with houses, spending time with your family, as well as making traditional family recipes. So from time to time I’m quite sure your family and yourself have made a gingerbread house before in your lifetime, but altogether I'm sure you've never put a twist on any of them. A lot of people claim the premade box kits or create everything from scratch. But I will be telling you how to assemble

The other day my mom came home from the store with the usual armful of cardboard bags. However, there was something very different about one bag that separated it from all of the others. My mom asked me to unload the items and organize them into their awaiting shelves. Their contents contained typical groceries such as cereal, some new herbal teas, and a fresh bottle of dish detergent. But, this special bag carried a large Yankee candle encased in glass and embellished with a large sticker reading