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Each year, in the Atrium the week before Christmas, a wonderful aroma of cookie spices fills the air . It's tiome for the display of Gingerbread Houses, decorated by employees in an annual holiday tradition. Residents and other onlookers are asked to fill out a “ballot” listing their three favorites, and prizes are awarded to the winners.

Brad Mauger, Executive Chef, makes the gingerbread, which is used for walls and roofs, and the participating employees then use their creativity to make a building and decorated it with varieties of candies, chocolate, gumdrops, etc., using colored icing as the glue. The exhibit is always a great attraction for visiting families and guests during the holiday season.

At the time of the voting for favorites, it is not known who decorated the houses. These photos of the 2009 houses were taken by Margery Rubin after the prizewinners were announced and after labels had been added giving the names of the staff who had participated in the annual display.

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Maryanne Olson - Health Center