HOME SWEET HOME: "Dream House," by Beatriz Muller of Ontario, Canada, was the top prize-winner at the 2016 Gingerbread House Competition at the Omni Grove Park Inn.
Child
First place: Team Edwards Workshop, China Grove, “Build a Snowman Workshop” Second place: Team Enka Village Girls, Candler, “Grace and the Eiffel Tower” Third place: Steven Forrest, Shelby, “Holiday Harvest”
Youth
First place: Perry Pate, Hickory, “Chef Ginger and the Nutcracker” Second place: Team The Tree Toppers, Blue Ridge, Ga., “Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree” Third place: Josie Robinette, Asheville, “Castle in the Snow”
Teen
First place: Courtland High School German Program, Spotsylvania, Va., “Once Upon a Time” Second place: Gabriella Arthur, Easley, S.C., “The Pompous Peacock” Third place: Chloe Jennings, Purlear, “Gingersnapper the Nutcracker”
Adult
First place: Beatriz Muller, Innisfil, Ontario, Canada, “Dream House” Second place: Glenda Tant, Lebanon, Tenn., “Poinsettiaville” Third place: Linda Carney, Asheville, “The Bakers”
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