Christmas day in our family is spent half at home - opening presents, eating breakfast, etc., and then driving to Half Moon Bay in the late afternoon to spend the rest of the day with my aunt, uncle, and cousins. In recent years, my aunt has started having us play various games, and this year was no different. We arrived to find an assortment of plain gingerbread people, frosting, and other decorations. Our instructions were to decorate one of these (the other was meant to be a backup in case of a failure on the first one), and at the end, we'd do an anonymous vote for the best decorated gingerperson, with prizes for the winners. Some complaints were lodged regarding the limited color palette (mainly red, green, and white), but everyone put quite a bit of effort into their creations.
Well, our family is a bit... disturbed... and we ended up with no fewer than three entries involving death and destruction. The top spot ended up going to my cousin Susan for her recreation of the Texas chainsaw massacre. The picture here is my sister's entry, which didn't win, but definitely should have gotten bonus points for being in the spirit of the day, and also had some of the most attention to detail.
If you click on the link, you'll go to a gallery with all the entries, and you might even find a gingerbread tribute to the namesake of this blog!
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Mmmm.... Delicious Chainsaw
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