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by Bryan Costales
(5 of 40)
The Horizons sign with a sleigh below filled with candy presents.
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by Bryan Costales
(6 of 40)
Spanish arches with plants growing out front.
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by Bryan Costales
(7 of 40)
Happy gingerbread men surrounded the house with sugar snow all around.
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by Bryan Costales
(8 of 40)
Two gingerbread men stood back to back in front of a house decorated with hundreds of pieces of
small candies.
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by Bryan Costales
(9 of 40)
The front view of the gingerbread house seen through the restaurant's window.
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by Bryan Costales
(10 of 40)
A big red door at the front of the house had a wreath on its front.
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by Bryan Costales
(11 of 40)
In the lobby were three trays of student created gingerbread houses.
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by Bryan Costales
(12 of 40)
Gingerbread people out front of a gingerbread house with a candy cane heart at the apex of the house's
roof. Notice the green gingerbread man who was labeled as the Grinch.
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by Bryan Costales
(13 of 40)
One of the three gingerbread houses had the logo of the Willow Creek Academy mounted
on a candy cane.
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by Bryan Costales
(14 of 40)
A trailer at a campsite all decorated for Christmas. Note the wreaths for sale costing
only $10 each, and trees for sale.
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by Bryan Costales
(15 of 40)
The back of the trailer with its spare tire mounted and extra wreaths piled on the ground.
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by Bryan Costales
(16 of 40)
The Christmas tree lot was surrounded by a pretzel fence.
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by Bryan Costales
(17 of 40)
A houseboat afloat on water colored paper. Note the fenders along its side to protect if from
collision by boats or the dock.
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by Bryan Costales
(18 of 40)
Detail of the decorations on the roofs of this houseboat. Also note the wreaths in many of the windows.
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by Bryan Costales
(19 of 40)
The upper level with its trim of Christmas lights.
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by Bryan Costales
(20 of 40)
The restaurant was closed that Saturday, so the only view of this gingerbread
house was from through the glass front door.
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by Bryan Costales
(21 of 40)
This store was closed, so there were only two angles through windows to photograph
this gingerbread mansion.
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by Bryan Costales
(22 of 40)
A marshmallow angel stood out front.
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by Bryan Costales
(23 of 40)
A gingerbread house that was intentionally collapsed.
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by Bryan Costales
(24 of 40)
The front of the collapsed gingerbread house was all that still stood.
Note the pencil drawn heart on the front.
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by Bryan Costales
(25 of 40)
A gingerbread man appeared happy to be surrounded by rubble.
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by Bryan Costales
(26 of 40)
A large gingerbread re-creation of the Taj Mahal
of Agra, India.
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by Bryan Costales
(27 of 40)
A Christmas tree stood out front.
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by Bryan Costales
(28 of 40)
Detail overview of the roof with its grand domes.
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by Bryan Costales
(29 of 40)
Lollipop, gingerbread, and popcorn trees decorated a snow covered garden.
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by Bryan Costales
(30 of 40)
In the middle of the wide display was a modest gingerbread house.
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by Bryan Costales
(31 of 40)
Detail of a gingerbread tree made up of three pieces gum pasted together.
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by Bryan Costales
(32 of 40)
A simple gingerbread outhouse on display in the store's front window.
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by Bryan Costales
(33 of 40)
Notice the half-moon on the door and that the outhouse was surrounded by mushrooms.
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by Bryan Costales
(34 of 40)
Seen through the front window, the scene was plucked straight out of the Wizard Of Oz.
Notice the yellow brick road.
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by Bryan Costales
(35 of 40)
The same house seen from inside the store. Notice that the lamb in the window was not part of the scene.
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by Bryan Costales
(36 of 40)
Glinda the good witch.
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by Bryan Costales
(37 of 40)
From the side of the house, it was clear that it fell on the wicked witch. Note the crack in the
side wall caused by the fall.
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by Bryan Costales
(38 of 40)
A gingerbread house in the works. It had been finished but remained undecorated.
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by Bryan Costales
(39 of 40)
Here we learned that a gingerbread house should not be built using normal gingerbread.
It warps as it dries. Here was a gingerbread house built with gingerbread that
was made without the leavening.
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by Bryan Costales
(40 of 40)
The prototype house built from regular gingerbread. Notice how the gingerbread has bubbled and warped.
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by Bryan Costales
(1 of 40)
Entry was located in the hotel lobby.
Three Houses surrounding a square with a snowman in its center.
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by Bryan Costales
(2 of 40)
Candy cane trimmed windows with a warm light shining out from inside.
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by Bryan Costales
(3 of 40)
Front of one of the three houses with small candies used as Christmas lights.
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