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Gingerbread-Smackdown online photo contest

Enter the Halloween or Holiday Gingerbread-Smackdown photo contests and snag your chance to win cash prizes and ultimate bragging rights! Unleash your creativity with your gingerbread masterpieces and let your skills shine! Don't miss out on this fun opportunity to showcase your holiday spirit and compete with fellow baking enthusiasts! Enter and let the frosting-fueled festivities begin!


Winners of each category receive the following:

  • $50 cash prize (unless prohibited. See contest rules for details)

  • Award Certificate

  • Coupon for a free e-Template



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Palatka FL - 2025 Gingerbread House Contest

As part of our annual Christmas Marketplace in the Gardens there will be a Gingerbread House Contest open to the public. Competitors will create a house or cottage out of gingerbread. all entries will be entirely constructed of edible materials.



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Sylmar, CA - 2025 Science of Gingerbread

The sweetest competition of the season is BACK! Southern California’s LARGEST gingerbread competition is returning to Discovery Cube OC and LA, and YOU can take part! Whether you’re a first-time baker or a seasoned gingerbread architect, your creation can be part of a one-of-a-kind display that blends creativity, engineering, and holiday magic! All participants receive a special invite to our exclusive Science of Gingerbread Awards, plus a chance to win prizes.


Ready to build your masterpiece? Scroll below for competition entry information and rules. We can’t wait to see what you build!



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Canal Winchester, OH - 2025 Gingerbread House Contest

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Vestavia Hills, AL - 2025 3rd Annual Gingerbread Jam

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Beaver Falls, PA - 2025 Gingerbread House Competition


2025 Gingerbread House Competition
chippewa.recdesk.com
2025 Gingerbread House Competition
Thank you for registering for our Third Annual Gingerbread House Competition as part of our Christmas in Chippewa event! Rules: • Each entrant (solo or group) is allowed to submit one structure. • All gingerbread houses must be 100% edible. Non-edible support structure materials other than the baseboard may not be used. • Non-edible decorations, like paint, ribbon, figurines, etc.…may be used ONLY to decorate your base • Gingerbread houses must be supported with a strong base. (plywood preferred) • Please include your name and gingerbread house title on the bottom of the base. • Registration forms must be turned (via online registration form) by Friday, December 5th, 2025 by Noon. • Gingerbread houses must be dropped off between 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm on Saturday, December 6th to Wright Fields @ Veteran’s Park. • All Gingerbread Houses will then be transported to the Chippewa Township Municipal Building at 2811 Darlington Road, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 to be displayed in our lobby through Christmas. Houses can then be picked up anytime after December 15th at the municipal building between 8:30 am - 4:00 pm. Any houses not picked up before Tuesday, December 23rd will be disposed of. Scoring: The winner in each age group will be chosen by “People’s Choice”. During our ‘Very Merry Christmas in Chippewa” Event on Saturday, December 6th from 4-7pm, the houses will be displayed. We will have tickets available for people to vote on their favorite house and most unique house. The house with the most votes for each age group wins. Age Groups: • Under 10 • 11-17 • 18 and up *If you are part of a group entry, the group must register for the age group of the oldest member Prizes (this is total, not per person in a group entry) • 1st place in each age group $50 Eat-N-Park Gift Card • 2nd place in each age group $25 Eat-N-Park Gift Card • 3rd place in each age group $10 Eat-N-Park Gift Card

McCandless, PA - 2025 Gingerbread House Contest.

Join our Gingerbread House Competition this year! Show off your creativity and enter to win passes to Fun Fore All! Gingerbread houses will be on display at Winterfest on Saturday, December 6th. Event attendees will vote for their favorite house and the house with the most votes wins!



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Cary, NC - 2025 Annual Gingerbread House Competition

Be part of Cary's sweetest tradition! Bakers and builders can register through November 23 to showcase their gingerbread creations. The community is invited December 6 – 14 to stroll Downtown and see the builds at local businesses.


https://www.carync.gov/recreation-enjoyment/events/holiday-events/heart-of-the-holidays-celebration/gingerbread-house-competition-application


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Roswell, GA - 2025 Gingerbread House Challenge.

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Harrodsburg, KY - 2025 Gingerbread Showcase at Shaker Village

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Santaquin, UT - 2025 Gingerbread House Contest

Get ready to sprinkle some magic because our Gingerbread Contest is back and sweeter than ever! Whip up your most fabulous gingerbread house and drop it off on Friday, Dec 6th, before noon at the New City Building Offices in the Recreation Building. Prizes will be up for grabs on Saturday, Dec 7th, before 10 am!



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Ripon, WI - 2025 Gingerbread House Contest

Organizers are inviting bakers of all ages to create gingerbread creations for this event. Two categories are offered: children 14 and under and an adult/family category. Adults may assist children in the youth category, but are encouraged to let the kids take the lead on design and construction.



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Lake Geneva, WI - 2025 Gingerbread House Competition

We are searching for the best Gingerbread House builders around! Cash prizes will be awarded again this year for the Judge's Choice Winners 1st-3rd place and judges from United Way of Walworth County and Grand Geneva will award prizes in five different age categories. 


https://www.grandgeneva.com/christmas/gingerbread-house-competition


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Klamath Falls, OR - 2025 Gingerbread House Contest

Get ready to mix, bake, and create! The United Way of the Klamath Basin is proud to sponsor the 2025 Gingerbread House Contest, an official Snowflake Festival event in Klamath Falls.


This year’s theme — “Arctic Adventures” — invites bakers, builders, and dreamers of all ages to design their sweetest and most imaginative gingerbread creations.



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Sussex, WI - 2025 Gingerbread House Decorating Contest

You can enter our special theme category this year: “Wisconsin!” This is optional. Your gingerbread creation can celebrate anything about Wisconsin. It could be your favorite dairy food like gingerbread “cheese curds” or maybe your favorite local travel destination like the Wisconsin Dells! You will still enter the appropriate age category as an individual or team, but please indicate that you are participating in the Wisconsin-theme category. You do not need to participate in the “Wisconsin” theme to participate in the gingerbread contest.



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College Park, MD - 2025 Gingerbread House Competition

It’s that time of year again for the City of College Park annual Gingerbread House Competition!  So, grab your frosting, make it homemade or use a kit, we don’t care, and submit your creations!  Entrees will be put on display at City Hall for the Tree Lighting event and during the month of December. Follow the rules, fill out an application form, and get to baking


https://www.collegeparkmd.gov/FormCenter/Events-9/2025-Gingerbread-House-Competition-176


New Paltz, NY - 2025 Hudson Valley Gingerbread Competition

Join us as we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Hudson Valley Gingerbread Competition! Marvel at the imagination and craftsmanship of more than 40 stunning gingerbread creations as they compete for top prize. All attendees will get the chance to vote for their favorite masterpiece!



2025 Oh Snap 4-H Gingerbread Competition & Holiday Create & Take

Get ready for some holiday fun! We’ll be revealing the winners of our gingerbread house and cookie contest, hosting a cookie decorating extravaganza, diving into festive crafts, and so much more! Let the holiday magic begin!




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Ashville, NC - 2025 31st Annual National Gingerbread House Competition

Following the unforeseen impact of Hurricane Helene and cancellation of the 2024 National Gingerbread House Competition, The Omni Grove Park Inn & Spa is overjoyed to welcome back the National Gingerbread House Competition. For over three decades, this beloved tradition has filled our halls with creativity, holiday magic, and heartfelt craftsmanship, and we are thrilled to see the competition’s strong and triumphant return.


https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/asheville-grove-park/things-to-do/national-gingerbread-competition


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Logan, UT - 2025 Parade of Gingerbread

Every Christmas Season is complete with the annual Parade of Gingerbread Homes Contest in downtown Logan where we give-a-way $600 in prize money to the top 3 entries in both the Professional and Community categories. 



Hannibal, MO - 2025 Gingerbread House Contest and Display

Accepting entries between November 29th & December 12th! Put your creativity to work in the Mark Twain Museum’s Annual Gingerbread Contest and Display! You won’t want to miss the delectable display of Gingerbread Houses in the Museum Gallery Window during the Holiday Season, and vote on your favorites during the Victorian Festival of Christmas Living Windows event.



Wilmington, DE - 2025 Hagley's Gingerbread House Contest

Get into the holiday spirit with Hagley's Annual Gingerbread House Contest!

The theme for 2025 is "Our Storied Past." Local amateur bakers are challenged to create a gingerbread house that expresses the theme and shows their creativity. See how the entrants use their imaginations to capture the spirit of the season.


https://www.hagley.org/hagleys-gingerbread-house-contest


Ashland, OR - 2025 Gingerbread Jubilee

The Gingerbread Jubilee is one of the Rogue Valley’s most unique benefit auctions and favorite holiday celebrations. Proceeds from the multi-day event make it possible for the Craterian to bring national and international performing artists to our community and to provide our stage as a one-of-a-kind resource for countless organizations and individuals. Your support of the Gingerbread Jubilee will make the holiday spirit last year ‘round.



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Granville, OH - 2025 Gingerbread House Competition

Granville Gingerbread House Competition.


Gingerbread House Comp. | Adult | 2025
granvillerec.recdesk.com
Gingerbread House Comp. | Adult | 2025
Gingerbread House Competition Rules 2025: THEME 2025 is the 40th Annual Candlelight Walking Tour, so we are encouraging creations to be "Granville" or "Candlelight Walking Tour Themed! Please note this is not required and creations will not be judged on if they adhere to the theme. SIZE Due to display space restrictions, the entry may not exceed 2 feet in height, width, or depth, including the base. CONSTRUCTION The contest is not restricted to houses; any type of building may be submitted. It is recommended that you submit your entry on a solid base, such as plywood. The main structure must be made entirely of gingerbread. All products used in the construction of the entry must be edible products, except for the base. The base is defined as the bottom support, that sits on the table. Any multi-tier creations must have edible baes for upper levels. Edible materials are not limited to sweets. No artificial display materials such as cardboard, styrofoam, or interior lighting, are to be used in the construction of the house. Candies must be unwrapped and free of any inedible materials. No glue or artificial adhesive may be used. DELIVERY Houses may be delivered to the ROBBINS HUNTER MUSEUM, 221 EAST BROADWAY on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 BETWEEN 12:00 PM AND 4:00 PM (OR BY APPOINTMENT). Each entry must be registered for online or accompanied by its own entry form and entry fee. Each entry must have the competitors name and telephone number marked under the base. DISPLAY Entries will be on display at the Robbins Hunter Museum on December 6th during the Christmas Candlelight Walking Tour. A video tour of the gingerbread house display can be found on the GRD Facebook Pages. Votes can be cast for the People’s Choice Award during the Walking Tour or on-line December 6th - 7th using the link posted on the Website and Facebook page of the GRD. JUDGING Entries will be judged by an independent panel of culinary and artistically talented individuals. Each entry will be judged by age group based on Overall Appearance, Originality/Creativity, and Difficulty. The rulings of the judging panel will be final. Winners will be announced at the Candlelight Walking Tour. Votes can be cast for the People’s Choice Award during the Walking Tour or on-line December 6th-7th using the link posted on the GRD Facebook pages. People’s choice winner will be announced and contacted by December 12. PICK UP Gingerbread House Pick Up is Monday, December 8 from 12:00-4:00pn at the Robbins Hunter Museum. Creations not picked up by 4:00pm on December 8th will be disposed

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Boston, MA - 2025 Gingerbread House Decorating Contest & Fundraiser

Gather family and friends or participate as a company to showcase your decorating skills and compete to win in one of four decorating categories. Experience fun for the entire family, with face painting, visits from superheroes and movie characters, live music and more, as we come together to celebrate the season and create better, brighter futures for kids.



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Minneapolis, MN - 2025 Gingerbread Wonderland

It’s time to draw up those 2025 gingerbread design plans!

Gingerbread Wonderland is for every baker, young and old, novice to expert. Norwegian heritage and experience NOT required!



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Newburyport, MA - 2025 2nd Annual Port Gingerbread Festival

Now in its third year, the Port Gingerbread Festival is a FREE contest and public exhibition of artistic gingerbread creations made by people of all ages. From “traditional” gingerbread houses to ships, churches, lighthouses, carriages or castles – the possibilities are endless! 



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San Diego, CA - 2025 Gingerbread City Gala

32nd Annual Gingerbread City Gala – Hope for the Holidays


Join us on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park for the 32nd Annual Gingerbread City Gala – Hope for the Holidays. This magical evening will feature breathtaking gingerbread creations by San Diego’s top chefs, festive holiday décor, gourmet dining, live entertainment, and inspiring stories that celebrate resilience, community, and hope. As the Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego County’s largest fundraiser of the year, the Gala fuels vital programs and services—support groups, counseling, advocacy, youth programs, scholarships, and more—ensuring no one faces epilepsy alone. Together, we’ll celebrate the joy of the season and give the greatest gift of all: HOPE



Cleveland, OH - 2025 Gingerbread Competition at Cleveland Botanical Garden

The 19th Annual Gingerbread Competition is just around the corner! Time to start planning your masterpiece. This year’s competition will have openings for around 100 Gingerbread house submissions from local bakeries, families, and kids of all ages.



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Gloucester, MA - 2025 Gingerbread “Creation”

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Columbus, GA - 2025 RiverCenter Gingerbread Village

Each year, RiverCenter presents its FREE holiday Gingerbread Village for our community. These imaginative confectionary structures are created by companies, community organizations, and families for no other reason than to bring joy and holiday cheer!



Houston, TX - 2025 16TH ANNUAL GINGERBREAD BUILD-OFF

Saturday, December 13, 9am-4:30pmLevy Park, 3801 Eastside St Houston, 77098

Architecture Center Houston will host the 15th Annual Gingerbread Build-Off at Levy Park on Saturday, December 13, 2025. Competing teams will create 100% edible, architectural masterpieces using gingerbread, candy, and all sorts of other sweet treats (of which leftovers will be composted)! More than 4,000 spectators are expected to attend and cheer on the teams, play in the kids’ construction zone, and lawn games! All of that entertainment is free and open to the public!



Springfield, MA - 2025 Annual Gingerbread Exhibition

Welcome to Jurassic Gingerbread! Whether they roamed the Earth in the Mesozoic Era or inhabited the world of TV and film, dinosaurs have been a constant source of imagination and curiosity for all ages. Jurassic Gingerbread, our 16th annual holiday exhibit, will blend paleontology and pop culture as local bakers creatively interpret the ever-popular theme.


We invite bakeries, schools, organizations, individuals, and families to register by Monday, November 10, 2025. Any structure is eligible, whether the design supports the dinosaur theme, or represents a traditional holiday scene. Gingerbread displays will be on view in an immersive and festive gallery setting from November 28-December 31, 2025.



St. Michaels, MD - 2025 Gingerbread House Competition

Sausalito, CA - 2025 Gingerbread House Tour & Competition

It’s a beloved holiday tradition drawing thousands of visitors and families each year! The 19th Annual Sausalito Gingerbread House Tour & Competition transforms Sausalito into a festive wonderland of dazzling confection-creations, sparkling window displays, and seasonal cheer.


https://www.sausalito.org/gingerbread-house-tour


Vestavia Hills, AL - 2025 4th Annual Gingerbread Jam

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Bellingham, WA - 2025 Holiday Port Gingerbread House Display

The Holiday Port Festival is a free, family-friendly event held the the first weekend of December at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal. The 2025 Holiday Port Festival will be Saturday, December 6th and Sunday, December 7th.


https://www.portofbellingham.com/141/Holiday-Port


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Columbia, SC - 2025 SC Gingerbread House Competition

Get out your rolling pins + roll up those sleeves, Soda Citizens because the South Carolina Gingerbread House Competition is back with its annual gingerbread house competition benefit.



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Exeter, NH - 2025 Gingerbread Houses Contest

Held in conjunction with the Festival of Trees and the Exeter Chamber & Exeter Parks + Rec Holiday Block Party each December in Downtown Exeter. Participants decorate a gingerbread house and enter it for judging and display to the public during the event.



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Sturbridge, MA - 2025 Gingerbread House Exhibit

The annual Gingerbread House Contest is one of the most popular events at Christmas by Candlelight! Create and register your own gingerbread house in one of several categories or simply view the creative handiwork of others when you visit the Village during Christmas by Candlelight.


https://www.osv.org/gingerbread-house-contest-entry/


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Florence, OR - 2025 C.R.O.W. Gingerbread Homes Contest

We are now accepting entries for our 2025 Gingerbread Contest.



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Lahaska, Bucks County, PA - 2025 Gingerbread Competition & Display

A holiday tradition at Peddler’s Village since 1984!

The Gingerbread Competition & Display is a feast for the eyes with over 100 whimsical entries crafted by the public competing for cash prizes in different categories. Entries are judged by experts with the public invited to vote on their favorite entry through December 1. The Gingerbread entries will be on display from November 14, 2025 through January 17, 2026. Admission is free.



Greenville, SC - 2025 Third Annual Holiday Greenville Gingerbread Exhibit

Bellefonte, PA - 2025 Gingerbread House Contest

Join us for the 2025 Bellefonte Victorian Christmas December 12-14, 2025. This year’s theme is “It’s a Wonderful Life in Bellefonte”.



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South Jordan, UT - 2025 Gingerbread Contest

South Jordan, UT - Gingerbread House Contest


https://www.sjc.utah.gov/580/Gingerbread-Contest


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Pittsburgh, PA - 2025 23RD ANNUAL GINGERBREAD HOUSE COMPETITION

The City of Pittsburgh invites you to participate in the annual Gingerbread House Competition! This beloved Pittsburgh tradition has dazzled thousands of visitors for the past two decades at both PPG Place and the historic City-County Building. The people of Pittsburgh, the surrounding Allegheny County communities, and beyond are invited to build their own edible house as the competition display returns this holiday season! All eligible houses will be displayed on Light Up Night through early January. Join the fun this holiday season!



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North Wilkesboro, NC - 2025 Gingerbread House Festival

Wilkes Literacy is pleased to announce the 2024 Gingerbread House Festival, a celebration of the holiday season. The Gingerbread House Festival will be a family event where visitors will have the opportunity to walk through and view the creative gingerbread houses from local contributors. Each gingerbread house will reflect the personality and style of Wilkes and all that makes our county a great place to live.



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Richmond, VA - 2025 Gingerbread House Challenge

If you’re a fan of festive craft beer, delightful desserts turned into architectural masterpieces and a jolly good time for the whole family, ‘yule’ love this event!


https://www.betterhousingcoalition.org/what-were-doing/gingerbread-house-challenge/


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Atlantic City, NJ - 2025 Gingerbread Cottage Workshop for Adults

Join us for a full day of holiday magic as you build and decorate your own illuminated, English-cottage-style gingerbread house at the Noyes Holiday Market & Gingerbread Village! 


All participants will be led by our experienced instructor and will be creating the same gingerbread house, which resembles an English cottage. All cookie pieces, materials, and tools will be provided for the gingerbread house, as well as a battery-operated light, ice cream cone pine trees, and candy cobblestones. The finished house will be entirely edible, and you can bring it home when the workshop is completed.



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Belleville, IL - 2025 36th Annual Gingerbread Contest

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St. Charles, MO - 2025 Gingerbread Village

You are invited to be a part of Gingerbread Village! This display, hosted by Main Street Church, is one of the many activities that will take place during the Christmas Traditions celebration in Historic Saint Charles. This display of gingerbread creations has become a tradition for many families during the Christmas season. We welcome submissions from young and old to be a part of our culinary village.



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Evansville, IN - 2025 Gingerbread House Fundraiser

Aurora’s Gingerbread House Fundraiser is a one-day fundraising event to support the organization’s mission of creating solutions to prevent and striving to end homelessness in our community. Over 35 teams from the local area will participate by building, on-site, holiday wonderlands in the form of “Food Network-style” gingerbread houses.



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Hillsborough, NC - 2025 Gingerbread House Display

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Camden, ME - 2025 2nd Annual Gingerbread House Contest

United Midcoast Charities is bringing the community together for a fun event that combines two of our four core areas of focus food and housing and educates the community on housing and food insecurity and what our partner organizations do to address the needs right here in Midcoast Maine.


The Gingerbread House Contest is open to all, with three categories: Professional, Amateur, and Youth. A winner in each category will be selected by a group of judges from the business community, and a Peoples’ Choice winner will be selected by public vote. The event will take place in the lower conference room of 16 Bay View Hotel in Camden during Christmas by the Sea. 



Albuquerque, NM - 2025 GINGERBREAD SOUTHWEST

Klamath Falls, OR - 2025 Gingerbread House Contest

Snowflake Festival - Klamath's Premier Winter Event



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Dade City, FL - 2025 Gingerbread World

Dade City's Gingerbread World started in 2016 as a small idea from a local real estate firm: engage the community to participate in something fun that carries the theme of their family real estate business, Vitis Realty. The goal is for local families and local businesses to participate and display the houses and businesses next to each other in an exhibit for the community to enjoy, thus creating gingerbread replica of our community. Now, the baton of the event has been passed to us! The DCCA is incredibly excited to continue what has become such an amazing Christmas tradition! 



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