Hi. As you very well know, it's the holiday season (for most of us at least). Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, New Years. It's so exciting. Personally, I celebrate Christmas. However, in my home, it is about the act of giving gifts, not "the birth of Christ".
I love giving gifts to people. It's a wonderful feeling. Today, I spent an hour wrapping presents.
And, for the first time in my life (of what I can remember), I built a gingerbread house with my dad. A German tradition that somehow brought it's way over to the United States. I have to say ours turned out absolutely gorgeous.
The story of Hansel and Gretel in a nut shell (according to Wikipedia): "Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic hag living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children save their lives by outwitting her."
To be honest, I thought the story ended poorly. Doesn't the witch put them in the oven and bake them?
Here's the link to the actual story if you'd like to read it. HAHA. I just read the summary. Wikipedia was wrong. Nice. Nothing new.
Anyhoo, being the lovely, humorous human being that I am. I decided to make my gingerbread house a little more barbaric than most children do theirs.
I was laughing once I finished. Does that make me inhuman?
I love giving gifts to people. It's a wonderful feeling. Today, I spent an hour wrapping presents.
And, for the first time in my life (of what I can remember), I built a gingerbread house with my dad. A German tradition that somehow brought it's way over to the United States. I have to say ours turned out absolutely gorgeous.
The story of Hansel and Gretel in a nut shell (according to Wikipedia): "Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic hag living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children save their lives by outwitting her."
To be honest, I thought the story ended poorly. Doesn't the witch put them in the oven and bake them?
Here's the link to the actual story if you'd like to read it. HAHA. I just read the summary. Wikipedia was wrong. Nice. Nothing new.
Anyhoo, being the lovely, humorous human being that I am. I decided to make my gingerbread house a little more barbaric than most children do theirs.
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| We have the witch standing on the roof watching Hansel and Gretel suffer. a cat/dog broken in half on a tree. Hansel hanging by his feet. Gretel sideways over the doorway. |
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| Yes. Those are indeed goldfish crackers. We like to pretend that the witch is drying her fish on her roof. |
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| A beautiful close up. |
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