What began as a simple display in 1992 by a group of North Carolina locals has grown into the largest gingerbread house competition in the world.
As the Grove Parks Susan Rotante puts it,"gingerbread is more than just a competition, it's a community." And they really do build an impressive environment to host this community. As soon as you step into the great hall, dubbed North Carolina's Great Living Room, you are met by a life-sized one-story tall gingerbread house.
"First we go and we pick the top 10 in each of the categories: children, youth, teen, and adult. And then from the top 10, then we start looking in more detail so we break up the flashlight you start looking at what's going on in each piece," said judge Nadine Orenstein, curator of the department of drawings and prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.For Grier Rubeling of Cary, NC, the competition is much more than the winning prize money.
From the thousands of people who flock to the hotel just to get a peek at the displays, to the passionate contestants who pour their heart and soul into their work, one really gets the sense of how much this means to those involved. As Grier Rubeling explains,"It is amazing to really feel like the thing that you worked on for hundreds and hundreds of hours; that not only does it make you happy, but it makes other people happy.
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