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The gingerbread house in Hansel and Gretel is designed to trap unwary children, so how did it become a Christmas icon? Is this really a German thing brought to America, or is it descended from a how-to article in a women's magazine c 1923?
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Must have been the rich folks - it's really a waste of good gingerbread if you ask me!
hedgehog
Dec 2015
#2
i should have said the rich folk back in the 17th century - sugar and ginger are
hedgehog
Dec 2015
#5
Heh! It's DU:GD where we tend to overthink things and make mountains out of molehills!!
madinmaryland
Dec 2015
#13
If they didn't want the witch to eat Hansel and Gretel, they shouldn't have made them so plump and
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2015
#12
Ah, well, far be it for me to misrepresent the historical accuracy of yon fairy tale.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2015
#35
Oh, sure, you're an evil atheist -- no wonder you are in favor of baby eatin'!
Arugula Latte
Dec 2015
#40
I watched a really good documentary the other day on DW (English language German Channel)
CBGLuthier
Dec 2015
#16
The witch gave shelter and food to a couple of lost kids and look where it got her....
yellowcanine
Dec 2015
#21
Is ISIS planning on destroying our country through our spiced pastry miniature residences?!
Arugula Latte
Dec 2015
#41
baking process distracts kids from tv for a few secs (from the oven, as it were, lol)
librechik
Dec 2015
#39