{"id":26379,"date":"2019-11-13T11:12:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T19:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=26379"},"modified":"2019-11-13T11:12:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T19:12:59","slug":"california-gingerbread-craze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/california-gingerbread-craze\/","title":{"rendered":"California Gingerbread Craze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/gingernew.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of us eat gingerbread cookies all year long (Trader Joe&#8217;s triple ginger snaps are my favorite!) Ginger is said to help digestion and aid travelers who feel sea sick. Some take it to help ease nausea during chemo treatments.<\/p>\n<p>Each year around November California&#8217;s some talented hotel and theme park chefs plan their strategies to create a Wow for the the public to enjoy a bakery favorite. Designs range from a life-size beachin&#8217; vehicle that once appeared at Fashion Island Hotel in Newport Beach, to traditional displays&#8211;or in Disneyland&#8217;s case, a Haunted Mansion themed spectacular!<\/p>\n<p>Gingerbread is so fantastic that Sausalito built the month of December around it for tourists to see dozens of \u00a0incredibly creative shop window displays.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s never too early to learn the science of gingerbread, as you&#8217;ll see at Southern California&#8217;s Discovery Science Centers. Their annual Science of Gingerbread, includes a contest, interactive experiences and just what it takes to make this magic come to life. Whether you&#8217;re cooking or looking, there are many opportunities to enjoy gingerbread this holiday.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/gingerbread-displays.html\">California Gingerbread Holidays<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ANAHEIM:\u00a0 Disneyland&#8217;s Haunted Mansion Holiday 50th Anniversary Gingerbread House September 6, 2019 &#8211; through holidays<\/li>\n<li>ANAHEIM: Grand Californian Gingerbread Display 2019 holidays<\/li>\n<li>DANA POINT: Gingerbread Extravaganza in The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Lobby November 24, 2019-January 2, 2020<\/li>\n<li>GRASS VALLEY\u00a0 Gingerbread House Competition\u00a0 November 29-December 1<\/li>\n<li>KINGSBURG: Santa Lucia Celebration Gingerbread House Contest December 7<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES: Discovery Science Center Science of Gingerbread November 29, 2019-January 5, 2020<\/li>\n<li>MONTEREY:\u00a0 Doc Ricketts&#8217; Lab December 9-Christmas<\/li>\n<li>NEWPORT BEACH: Holiday Gingerbread Display:\u00a0 Fashion Island of Misfit Toys December 1-29<\/li>\n<li>OLYMPIC VALLEY: Gingerbread Village\u00a0 at Resort at Squaw Creek Lake Tahoe November 29-Christmas<\/li>\n<li>OXNARD: Gingerbread Fest at Heritage Square, December 7-29<\/li>\n<li>PETALUMA: Hotel Petaluma Gingerbread House Contest\u00a0 December 13-16<\/li>\n<li>SAN DIEGO: Gingerbread City December 3<\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO: Fairmont San Francisco Gingerbread House \u00a0 November 30, 2019-January 1, 2020<\/li>\n<li>SANTA ANA The Science of Gingerbread\u00a0November 29, 2019-January 5, 2020<\/li>\n<li>SAUSALITO: Gingerbread House Competition \u00a0December 1-31<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of us eat gingerbread cookies all year long (Trader Joe&#8217;s triple ginger snaps are my favorite!) Ginger is said to help digestion and aid travelers who feel sea sick. Some take it to help ease nausea during chemo treatments. 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