Visions of sugar-plums (and licorice, and cookies, and candy canes, and ….)

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The Friends of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum presented their annual Gingerbread Wonderland last week, wrapping up yesterday.  And what better way to spend a rainy December Sunday afternoon?  Here are just a few of the things I saw there.

A Rainy Sunday at the Arboretum
A Rainy Sunday at the Arboretum
Gingerbread Wonderland
Gingerbread Wonderland

This entry, created by the Zicker family, is based on an actual home in Madison:

"Christmas House"
"Christmas House"

I really like the gumdrop pines in this Spitzer family creation:

"Gingerbread Village"
"Gingerbread Village"

Jennifer Roth and Sofia Rodriguez (who obviously love architecture) went all out with a g’bread Taj Mahal.  They took 3rd place in the people’s choice award system:

"Taj Mahal"
"Taj Mahal"

The Bernardi Family got 2nd prize with this wonderful red mill.  (A much better image of this one is here:  https://www.arboretumfriends.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5925&g2_imageViewsIndex=1.  In fact, there are many, many great images at that site; check it out.)

"The Old Time Mill"
"The Old Time Mill"

Mrs. MacNaught’s 2nd grade class took top honors (and top altitude!) with this Eiffel Tower:

"The Eiffel Tower"
"The Eiffel Tower"

The Nitzsche family did the whimsical thing with this Cape May sand castle:

"Sand Castle"
"Sand Castle"

The Allegro School created this wonderful vision in white:

White on white
White on white

The Merolla family went out for Italian:

Pepperoni pizza
Pepperoni pizza

This splendid creation really made my mouth water:

A nonpareil yard!
A nonpareil yard!

And so did this one:

Cookie shingles
Cookie shingles

And by that time, I was getting awfully hungry.  So I went home for lunch.

Goodbye Arboretum!
Goodbye Arboretum!

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