Here is a shot from the corner showing off the GumDrop Row subdivision of GBL.
Here is an arial shot of it from above, showing off the gigantic size of the layout. I was actually disappointed in the amount of dead space I left.
The honors that come with being married to the gingerbread chef, getting storefronts named in your honor.
The Cinnamon and Nutmeg Railroad, an annual part of the village.
This was a new one this year, a photograph of myself with Santa Claus. This guy really does think he is Santa Claus, making comments and remarks like "It was too warm this December, had the wheels down on the sleigh all month", and "Yeah, this is my offseason home away from the North Pole, but I miss my workshop". Perhaps persons like this gentleman are so darn at being Santa because they really believe they are.
Another arial shot, kind of showing the in between the pillars action a little more. That clock tower weighs almost forty pounds!
An off and on part of GBL, The Plum Pudding Hotel.
The main commerce section of GingerBread Lane, which is titled Peppermint Central Park.
The front marquis welcoming guests to the Lane.
In all honesty, the probable future of GingerBread Lane, brick and stone gingerbread houses. Here done red brick with Big Red chewing gum. I say the future because our little planet is warming up, giving us hotter winters, and doing gingerbread with humidity is a royal pain in the rear, it gets so darn soft, the dough that is, but icing always remains hard. So I will be doing a lot of the more iconic structures, the clock tower, hotel, etc, covered in icing completely so the structure can stand up to the humidity.
EggNog Bay, where the mill, lighthouse, white chocolate lake, and sailboats are. My mom oft wonders why grandpa, my spouse, my mother in law, etc, all get houses and she does not, but I told her that when I added EggNog Bay, the first new part of The Lane to be added in 9 years back in 99, that I did so for her love of maritime stuff.
Toffee Boulevard, houses made with Werther's and Toffiay candy, kind of the ying to GumDrop Row's yang.
Another GingerBread Lane mainstay, Cecil's Pie Bakery, in the name of my grandfather I hold so dear. He has always been flattered by this act I do for him, and I continue to do it every year I put up the Lane.
And lastly, the oldest part of GingerBread Lane, the clocktower.
Hope those of you who asked to see this enjoy looking at it as much as I enjoyed doing it. The only reason I do GingerBread Lane, and the only thing I get out of it, is to see people enjoy looking at it. Nothing more, nothing less.
Merry Christmas, and Shalom Chanukkah to all!
