Originally reported on December 2, 2010, for NCC News by Stefanie Antosh. There’s a trail of gingerbread houses
at the 25th Annual Gingerbread Gallery inside the Erie Canal Museum in downtown Syracuse. Although we didn’t find Hansel and Gretel’s witch, we did find an assortment of displays.
Only a few were anything like an ordinary gingerbread houses.
“Oh my gosh, it’s little teddy bears sliding down the hill, and a gingerbread man,” said one boy, on a school field trip and whom the teachers wanted to stay anonymous, when he looked at a display that looked like a ski resort (seen here to the right).
That was only one of more than forty displays made by members of the community, professional bakers and also corporate
submissions. To name a few more, there was a Never Never Land, an haunted house, Candyland board game and a cuckoo clock.
One of the teachers called the kids over to look at a very detailed
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs display (photo to the left), complete with woodland animals and thatched roof. Although the kids liked Snow White, another viewer chose a different favorite.
"My favorite house is number four, because the animals are made in detail,” said Joohyun Lee, a viewer of the displays and a museum
volunteer. When asked which displayed looked tastier, Lee said, “Everything looks tasty; especially for the piece with [a] dragon, the wings of it is made up with Japanese seaweed and so it looks very tasty." (Photo to right.)
The displays are submitted for a contest. The rules require that everything be made of edible materials, however, no one will be eating these displays.
A few dollars are required for entry: $2 for children under 12-years of age, $5 for adults and $4 for senior citizens. Visitors can vote for the display they like best between now and Januaray 2nd. Various prizes will be given to the winners in categories such as youth, adult and professional.
The Erie Canal Museum is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
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