Gingerbread Houses and Castles and Boats to See in California
Photos by Berylee Baker: Left- Gingerbread House you can walk through at the Fairmont; middle-Gingerbread Castle at Westin St. Francis hotel; right-contest entries in the Science of Gingerbread at Santa Ana’s Discovery Science Center.
Each December an annual tradition is proudly unveiled in California’s great hotels and museums. Gingerbread creations deck the halls and lobbies, showcasing creativity, craft and imagination. Some gingerbread structures are so big and require so much time to build that they are started five or six months before Christmas. The gingerbread house became popular in Germany after the Brothers Grimm published Hansel and Gretel. The gingerbread house tradition was imported to the United States and was warmly welcomed. In addition to gingerbread houses made of cookies and candy,
Gingerbread Houses, Castles and Boats you can see in 2013:
- CARLSBAD: Peppermint Mountain Village in the Lobby of the Park Aviara
- CARMEL: A Holiday Gingerbread Display at the Hyatt Carmel Highlands
- INDIAN WELLS: Miramonte Resort Gingerbread Village 2013
- NEWPORT BEACH: life-sized gingerbread sailboat in lobby of The Island Hotel
- SACRAMENTO: Annual Gingerbread Holiday: Gingerbread Houses at Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum
- SAN DIEGO: Barona Resort & Casino Gingerbread Village
- SAN FRANCISCO: — The Palace Hotel Gingerbread House, Westin St. Francis Gingerbread Castle a team of nine started in June and The Fairmont two-story-high Victorian stands more than 22 feet high.
- SANTA ANA: Science of Gingerbread display at Discovery Science Center
- SONOMA: Valley Gingerbread Winery Contest with displays at various wineries
A year-round gingerbread experience can be had at Ferndale’s Gingerbread Mansion, one of the most photographed B&Bs in America!
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