Making a Gingerbread House is a Christmas Tradition for me

My daughter and I have made a gingerbread house for the past 3 years, so I guess you can call it our Christmas tradition to make one every year.

We bought a house that was already made and we had to assemble it. We used the frosting as glue to hold the walls together.  It came with a lot of frosting ( 3 bags full), so we were sure to use lots of frosting, so our house doesn't fall over like it did last year.

Here are a few pictures:




This kit came with a lot of candy for decorating. We used a lot and still have some leftover.









Thanks for taking a look.  Do you make Gingerbread Houses for Christmas?

The Polar Express

This is a great book to read to the students right before Christmas.  In the story a young boy visits Santa in the North Pole.  Santa gives the young boy a magical bell.  It is a cute story that my second graders loved to listen to.
I found this great website that has online stories read by celebrities.  It has the Polar Express.
http://www.storylineonline.net/