GINGERBREAD HOUSE DAY – December 12
Gingerbread House Day is observed annually on December 12.
A favorite food of an Armenian monk, Gregory of Nicopolis, brought gingerbread to Europe around 992 AD and taught French Christians to bake it. Gingerbread was often used in religious ceremonies and was baked to be sturdy as it was often molded into images of saints.
We can thank the Brothers’ Grimm for the idea of a gingerbread house through their tale of Hansel and Gretel. It didn’t take long for the German gingerbread guilds to pick up the idea and put it to a more festive use making snowy cottages made from the spicy-sweet treat.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Gather the family together, bake up some gingerbread and start building and decorating your very own gingerbread house. Give the recipe below a try.
Use #GingerbreadHouseDay to post on social media.
Looking for holiday baking?
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- Gingerbread house Day
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- Spicy Hermit Cookie Day
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