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Gingerbread Houses of the White House
Every year, the White House chefs produce a wonderful gingerbread house that is put on display. The first official White House gingerbread house was in 1969.
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| 1969, with Tricia Nixon |
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| 1970 |
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| 1971 |
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| 1972 |
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| 1973 |
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| 1974 |
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| 1975 |
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| 1976 |
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| 1979 |
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| 1980 |
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| 1981 |
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| 1981 |
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| 1983 |
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| 1984 |
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| 1985 |
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| 1986 |
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| 1987 |
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| 1988 |
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| 1989 |
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| 1990 |
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| 1991 |
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| 1992 |
Then, after years of creating a traditional gingerbread house… the tradition of creating a White House out of gingerbread was started!
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| 1993… love Socks the cat here!! |
…and then ended. The Clinton’s childhood homes were then made for a few years.
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| 1994 |
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| 1995 |
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| 1996 |
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| 1997 |
And then after creating childhood homes… suddenly, a castle? Okay…..
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| 1998 |
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| 1999 |
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| 1999 |
And then the tradition of creating the White House out of gingerbread resumed… and hasn’t stopped since!
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| 2000 |
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| 2001 |
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| 2002 |
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| 2003 |
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| 2004 |
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| 2005 |
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| 2006 |
Then they started baking gingerbread and then coating it with white chocolate! yummy!
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| 2007… love all the animals here |
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| 2008 |
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| 2009… with lights now! |
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| 2010 |
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| 2011 |
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| 2012… with Santa on top! |
Wasn’t that fun? They keep outdoing themselves every year.
Do you like the traditional gingerbread house, the gingerbread White Houses or the white chocolate White Houses?
I think 2007 was my favorite.
Pictures are from the book “Christmas at the White House” by Jennifer B. Pickens and Whitehouse.gov.
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