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Videos . Time lapse Gingerbread House building – 1 minute http :// www.youtube.com/watch?v=46oksnh9TZc G ingerbread house history video - 3:53 minutes http://www.history.com/videos/gingerbread-house#gingerbread-house. German Gingerbread. ( Lebkuchen ). History.

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  1. Videos • Time lapse Gingerbread House building – 1 minute http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46oksnh9TZc • Gingerbread house history video - 3:53 minutes http://www.history.com/videos/gingerbread-house#gingerbread-house

  2. German Gingerbread (Lebkuchen)

  3. History • ginger found to have preservative qualities • began to be used in cakes and cookies - 15th century • Catholic monks formed ginger and other spices (brought by crusaders from the Middle East) into cakes that they pressed into molds • became popular treat at European fairs

  4. Who Could Make Gingerbread? • 15th century – gingerbread could not be made in homes • made only by professionals (guilds) • best known guild – Nuremberg Germany • would decorate the gingerbread with gold paint and icing in designs

  5. Value • used as currency (money) to pay taxes • gift for heads of state and royalty

  6. Shapes • hearts at festivals popular today • people and animals also popular • Gingerbread house (Lebkuchenhaeusle) • came from fairy tale Hansel and Gretel (hexenhaeusle– witch’s house) • children wait until New Year’s Day to break them apart – pieces eaten to bring in New Year

  7. German Influences • gingerbread houses came to America do to the Pennsylvania Dutch • tradition has caught on throughout Europe and America

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