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Only as good as the foundation

Amanda decided she wanted to build a gingerbread house. How hard can it be? Some gingerbread, some frosting and some candy… yeah, right.

Here are a few that went better.

The world’s largest gingerbread house was built last year at the Mall of America. Weighing in at a whopping 15,000 pounds, it took nine days and 1,700 man/hours to build.

While I understand that you could walk through it — there was something about animatronic elves — I’m not convinced it should count. It’s more a steel and plywood house with gingerbread siding.

A little more upscale, and certainly more appetizing, is the largest gingerbread house in Florida. Done a few years ago, and weighing in at around a ton, the Ritz-Carlton version is looking pretty tasty and is the prettiest of the bunch.

In Canada they take this stuff seriously. The Hyatt Regency in Vancouver is doing an entire gingerbread lane. The featured one looks more like a hikers hut than a house, but it’s pretty big (11×9) and looks edible.

Ours looks nothing like any of the above.