![Olivia and Adam are making gingerbread house pieces and cookies and it smells delicious in here. #yule #yuletide](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8645/15827293900_be396c7b74_z.jpg)
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![piping the roof](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7568/16013768686_91a3132736_z.jpg)
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![My teens made this darling gingerbread house from scratch. #yule #yuletide](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7479/15401332374_86e430cc4a_z.jpg)
Adam and Olivia have been making gingerbread houses for Yule for some years now, and it is a tradition completely original to them. Whether the house was built from a kit or from scratch, it has always been a kid-initiated and orchestrated activity. This year, they reverted to the recipe and instructions in our copy of Handmade Christmas: The Best of Martha Stewart Living, a recipe they first used four years ago. (Gulp! Look how they've grown!) This year, things went a bit more smoothly as they had worked out some of the more tedious aspects of the design (namely, hot glue is the way to go).
I love that they keep this tradition. It's wonderful having a gingerbread house on the kitchen sideboard, redolent of Yuletide spices, offering all who enter here, a warm welcome.
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