On Friday, November 6, 2009, my seven-year-old daughter and I had the sweet opportunity to serve as judges at the Boston Christmas Festival's 16th annual Gingerbread House Competition. All of the entries were delightful, but the winners, as you'll see in this photo gallery, took gingerbread creativity to extremes. Click each photo below for a larger view.
Unlike last year, when Legal Sea Foods' Gingerbread Fenway Park was the hands-down winner, this year's diverse entries were challenging to judge, and in the end, two shared Best in Show honors and a third took the Kids' Choice award. We were once again impressed by the thoughtful details and the tremendous effort invested by Boston's top pastry chefs.
The Boston Christmas Festival runs through Sunday, November 8, 2009, at the Seaport World Trade Center. At the festival's conclusion, these gingerbread masterpieces will be sold, mostly to local corporations, and proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston.
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