“Then we buy tons - literally hundreds of pounds - of different types of candy and decorating items - Necco wafers, pretzels, shredded wheat, gum drops. “Our culinary team starts cooking the gingerbread in September and makes about 170 individual houses,” said marketing director Denise Benoit. The Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va., has no display but concentrates on teaching gingerbread-house decorating.
