Next to it in the lobby stands the Fairmont’s 23-foot-tall Christmas tree. Planning begins each July for the gingerbread house, with crews baking 4-by-12-inch gingerbread bricks to cover the ...

Roll out the dough with a rolling pin, and cut out the pieces to form the walls, roof and doors of the house ... burning candle unattended in the gingerbread house. Sprinkle with icing sugar ...

Using a knife, cut out the door on the front of the house and ... Decorate the Christmas trees with piped icing and fix them onto the cake board with icing and gingerbread props.