This household is definitely gingerbready for the holidays!
— but Kristine Lilly of Kyle, Texas gives even the brightest light displays the sweetest competition.was raging and friends and families were separated over the holidays. Lilly herself was preparing to spend Christmas without her two children, both stationed on military bases, and without her granddaughter.with tongs and a mask and was wondering what Christmas was going to look like,” Lilly tells TODAY.com.
She says she thought back to the Christmases of her own childhood in Arkansas when her mother, Sandy Crace, would make gingerbread houses for her children to take to school. “We would just stare at the house and wait for the day we could eat it,” Lilly recalls. She adds that her mom knew how to make “the best gingerbread ever” and had a knack for making the holiday season feel “magical.”
She says she realized she wanted to share that same feeling with her community. So, she decided to turn her home into a giant gingerbread house — and a new annual tradition was born. Everything in her epic gingerbread house display is handmade, Lilly says. And what started as a way to spread Christmas cheer at a dark time has grown into a popular holiday attraction that draws hundreds of visitors. Each visitor is treated to a free cup of
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