It's Tourney Time!!
GINGERBREAD HOUSE FANTASY
According to certain researchers, the first gingerbread houses were the result
of the well-known Grimm's fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel" in which the two children
abandoned in the forest found an edible house made of bread with sugar decorations.
All Gingerbread Houses must be 100% edible candy/embellishments/materials except
for lights 'inside/outside' the house. Non-edible support structure material other
than the baseboard may not be used. No artificial interior materials, such as
Styrofoam or wood, are to be used to construct or decorate the house.
What does the gingerbread represent? Long before it became a holiday treat,
gingerbread was a royal favorite, a token of fertility, and a tool for witches
to exact their vengeance. The pudgy gingerbread man with his candy eyes and icing
smile has a sinister backstory—a link to death and the demonic.
Gingerbread houses, once finished, are meant to be admired and appreciated, but not eaten.
It has been suggested that these edible structures originated in Germany between the 16th
and 18th centuries. The trend for gingerbread houses must have spread to Britain at some
point during the nineteenth century.
 
Knowing these points, KE is off on a race to build Gingerbread Houses! Each win in a GBH tournament
gives one more item in building your own house. Twelve wins gives you a finished house set for you to decorate.
Once you have your home, each wins you tell the host TD what you want IE: snow on roof, gumdrop roof, shingle icing,
tree in yard, peppermint windows,etc. How elaborate will you go?
For the month of December the times are as follows:12am, 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 7pm , 10pm.
They will be marked GBF for the month of DEC. You must win each item once to mark a template off.
The overall winner will receive their choice of:
SHG Membership,
1 month Gold Membership,
10,000 Buxs,
or 200 Extra Rating Points.
Try in and watch your house fill in!!!
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