Years ago I downloaded a gingerbread house pattern labeled the “Patterson House”. I have been refining it every Christmas since. Of course, the house is fresh baked gingerbread. Royal icing with crushed peppermints on the roof. A hard candy recipe with blue gel coloring for the ponds. Trees are upside down ice cream cones with green icing. Bushes are marshmallows cut in half and covered with a different shade of green icing. Garage houses a model 1932 Ford. And battery powered lights inside.