DEC 12, 25.. GINGERBREAD.. GULLIBLE..
‘Tis The Christmas Season..
So?
Gingerbread “Fits”.
NATIONAL TODAY’S Number One Holiday for December the 12th was Gingerbread House Day.
Here we go again! NATIONAL TODAY has, not one, but two (2) Gingerbread Holidays.
First we have..
GINGERBREAD HOUSE DAY..
Actually Gingerbread Decorating 10th Century (see below) came before Gingerbread Houses in the early 1800’s.

Gingerbread House Day is on December 12..
In the 17th century, only professional gingerbread bakers were allowed to make gingerbread, except at Christmas and Easter, when anyone was allowed to bake it.
The tradition of making gingerbread houses started in Germany in the early 1800s. The first gingerbread houses were the result of the well-known Grimm’s fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel.” After this story was published, German bakers began baking ornamented fairy-tale houses made from gingerbread
Gingerbread dough is surprisingly easy to make. You need ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves and molasses . Almost everything else is probably already in your pantry.
At 35.8 million calories and covering an area of 2,520 square feet (nearly the size of a tennis court), a 21 foot high gingerbread house in Bryan, Texas was declared the biggest ever by Guinness World Records.
The largest gingerbread man weighed 1,435 lbs and was made by IKEA Furuset in Oslo, Norway

IF you want to read more click onto the below NATIONAL TODAY website link..
https://nationaltoday.com/gingerbread-house-day/
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Second we have ..
GINGERBREAD DECORATING DAY..

Gingerbread Decorating Day is celebrated on December 12 every year.
Gingerbread Decorating Day unleashes the hidden artist in us!
Gingerbread was brought to Europe by the Armenian monk, Gregory of Nicopolis, in the 10th century. He brought the necessary spices from the Middle East and then demonstrated gingerbread making, using spices and molasses, to French Christians.
It was in Sweden that painting and decorating gingerbread became popular.
To read more about Gingerbread Decorating Day click onto the below link.
https://nationaltoday.com/gingerbread-decorating-day/

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Well Hello there..
GULLIBLE..
To see Chapter Eight of Gullible’s Botswana Journals please click onto the below link..
https://gullible-gulliblestravels.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-2025-botswna-journals-ch-8.html
Thanks so very much Gullible! Keep ‘Em Coming..
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Cap and Patti
Beautiful, and very much in Christmas spirit I say of gingerbread! I’m going to bake some today in an 8×8 pan with powdered sugar on top. No time for complicated decorating today, and making a gingerbread house sure is fun.
We arrived safely home to Deadwood yesterday. Winter driving all the way, and I am so grateful for Tim’s excellent driving skills. That, and our big f250, GG.
Cold setting in today and tomorrow, Forecast highs of 18f and 10f for today and tomorrow, so we’ll move furniture Sunday (est. 47f).
Excellent wellness check for Tim again at Mayo. Grateful.
Enjoy your day! HE is the reason for the season! :)
Kit
P.S. Now to hop over to see more of Gullibles adventures …
Thank You Kit for another great comment saying you are a gingerbread fan. Thanks also for an update of your travels East and back West home to SD. Great News about Tim. Good, very good to know you are back home safely. Have fun hopping over to check out Gullible and Chapter 8 of her recent travels. Cap and Patti