{"id":14658,"date":"2013-12-10T03:03:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T11:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=14658"},"modified":"2013-12-10T03:03:52","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T11:03:52","slug":"gingerbread-houses-and-castles-and-boats-to-see-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/gingerbread-houses-and-castles-and-boats-to-see-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Gingerbread Houses and Castles and Boats to See in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photos by\u00a0Berylee Baker<\/a><\/strong>: 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.<\/p>\n

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,<\/p>\n

Gingerbread Houses, Castles and Boats you can see in 2013<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n