32 November 26, 2014 2014 HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS MAGAZINE LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com
Jim Youngquist - Gingerbread
“One of our Christmas traditions was the
retelling of the story about the Gingerbread
Village.
“My mother was an ambitious, creative
baker and cook, and one Christmas season
when I was 5 and my little brother was two,
she decided to stay up all night building a
gingerbread village as a surprise for us.
“She slavishly prepared everything,
including a gingerbread house, gingerbread
Christmas trees, and gingerbread snowmen.
She lovingly decorated and frosted
everything. She finished and finally went
to bed around 4 a.m.
“My little brother and I woke up the next
morning very early to interesting smells in
the house, and were lured to this amazing
gingerbread scene. We were dazzled…
and unrestrained. You can imagine what
happened next. The pieces which we did
not take bites from, we made sure to lick
the frosting off of.
“My mother got up some time later to this
scene of utter destruction and desolation
and cried for hours.
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