Description
The rule in the Moreau household was simple: every child got an equal share of sweets for the gingerbread house, and nobody ate any until the roof was finished. The rule lasted roughly eleven minutes. Still, by late afternoon the little cottage stood proud on the kitchen table, its walls studded with gumdrops, its eaves dripping with icing, its door framed in peppermints that had been fought over fiercely.
When their father suggested they break off a piece after dinner, three small voices shouted no at once. It was far too beautiful to eat. That candy-covered house lives on in this box, every sweet painted in place and safe from nibbling fingers. Give it to a family that bakes together each December, to a pastry lover, or to a teacher whose classroom smells of cinnamon by the second week of Advent.
Piece details
- Modeled as a gingerbread house decorated all over with colorful candies
- Cheerful confectionery details that recall a long, sticky afternoon of holiday baking
- A hinged lid lifts to reveal the tiny space inside, perfect for a spare button or a charm
- Painted by hand in France on authentic Limoges porcelain, so the candies differ subtly on every house
It belongs on the kitchen shelf beside the cookie cutters, ready to come out with the first batch of dough. Bakers of every age will smile at it.
