Christmas. Named Pepperkakebyen (Norwegian for "the gingerbread village"), it is claimed to be the world's largest such city. Every child under the age of 12 can make their own house at no cost with the help of their parents. In 2009, the gingerbread city was destroyed in an act of vandalism. A group of building design, construction, and sales professionals in Washington, D.C., also collaborate on a themed "Gingertown" every year. In San Francisco, the Fairmont and St. Francis hotels display rival gingerbread houses during the Christmas season. Guinness World records In 2013, a group in Bryan, Texas, USA, broke the Guinness World Record set the previous year for the largest gingerbread house, with a edible-walled house in aid of a hospital trauma centre. The gingerbread house had an estimated calorific value exceeding 35.8 million and ingredients included of brown sugar, of butter, 7,200 eggs and of general purpose flour. The executive sous-chef at the New York Marriott Marquis hotel, Jon Lovitch, broke the record for the largest gingerbread village with 135 residential and 22 commercial buildings, and cable cars and a train also made of gingerbread. It was displayed at the New York Hall of Science. Another contender from Bergen, Norway made a gingerbread town called Pepperkakebyen. Gallery See also Gingerbread man Lebkuchen Aachener Printen References Further reading Weaver, William Woys – The Christmas Cook, Three Centuries of American Yuletide Sweets. Eliza Leslie Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book – The Original Classic Edition Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book, online External links Gingerbread at the Open Directory Project Facebook Fan Page Christmas food Cakes Biscuits Food and drink decorations Articles containing video clips Ginger dishes