Entry was located in the hotel lobby. Three Houses surrounding a square with a snowman in its center.

Candy cane trimmed windows with a warm light shining out from inside.

Front of one of the three houses with small candies used as Christmas lights.

A large gingerbread house that was the image of the restaurant itself.

The Horizons sign with a sleigh below filled with candy presents.

Spanish arches with plants growing out front.

Happy gingerbread men surrounded the house with sugar snow all around.

Two gingerbread men stood back to back in front of a house decorated with hundreds of pieces of small candies.

The front view of the gingerbread house seen through the restaurant's window.

A big red door at the front of the house had a wreath on its front.

In the lobby were three trays of student created gingerbread houses.

Gingerbread people out front of a gingerbread house with a candy cane heart at the apex of the house's roof. Notice the green gingerbread man who was labeled as the Grinch.

One of the three gingerbread houses had the logo of the Willow Creek Academy mounted on a candy cane.

A trailer at a campsite all decorated for Christmas. Note the wreaths for sale costing only $10 each, and trees for sale.

The back of the trailer with its spare tire mounted and extra wreaths piled on the ground.

The Christmas tree lot was surrounded by a pretzel fence.

A houseboat afloat on water colored paper. Note the fenders along its side to protect if from collision by boats or the dock.

Detail of the decorations on the roofs of this houseboat. Also note the wreaths in many of the windows.

The upper level with its trim of Christmas lights.

The restaurant was closed that Saturday, so the only view of this gingerbread house was from through the glass front door.

This store was closed, so there were only two angles through windows to photograph this gingerbread mansion.

A marshmallow angel stood out front.

A gingerbread house that was intentionally collapsed.

The front of the collapsed gingerbread house was all that still stood. Note the pencil drawn heart on the front.

A gingerbread man appeared happy to be surrounded by rubble.

A large gingerbread re-creation of the Taj Mahal of Agra, India.

A Christmas tree stood out front.

Detail overview of the roof with its grand domes.

Lollipop, gingerbread, and popcorn trees decorated a snow covered garden.

In the middle of the wide display was a modest gingerbread house.

Detail of a gingerbread tree made up of three pieces gum pasted together.

A simple gingerbread outhouse on display in the store's front window.

Notice the half-moon on the door and that the outhouse was surrounded by mushrooms.

Seen through the front window, the scene was plucked straight out of the Wizard Of Oz. Notice the yellow brick road.

The same house seen from inside the store. Notice that the lamb in the window was not part of the scene.

Glinda the good witch.

From the side of the house, it was clear that it fell on the wicked witch. Note the crack in the side wall caused by the fall.

A gingerbread house in the works. It had been finished but remained undecorated.

Here we learned that a gingerbread house should not be built using normal gingerbread. It warps as it dries. Here was a gingerbread house built with gingerbread that was made without the leavening.

The prototype house built from regular gingerbread. Notice how the gingerbread has bubbled and warped.