白宫姜饼屋述说感人的故事

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白宫复制品(AP Images)

为了契合今年白宫的节日主题“促膝谈心：节日的故事”（Gather Around: Stories of the Season），传统的白宫姜饼屋——一个精致的、手工制作的点心复制品——表现了美国和白宫讲故事的传统。

这个糕点作品重300磅，放置在覆盖了1,200块饼干的全比例壁炉复制品上，纪念当年美国家庭聚集在一起聆听富兰克林·罗斯福（Franklin D. Roosevelt）总统的炉边谈话。

搭建这个姜饼屋需要两周时间，其中有汩汩喷水的喷泉（添加了蓝色食品色料）、正常工作的电灯、总统一家的照片、六棵圣诞树、红色地毯、巧克力家具和门廊上一个巧克力制作的总统徽记。总统家的狗波（Bo）和桑尼（Sunny）尺寸特别大，用黑巧克力制作，特别引人注目。

圣诞节时在白宫摆设姜饼屋的传统始于1972年，当年第一夫人帕特里夏·尼克松（Patricia Nixon）用一个重16磅的A字形姜饼屋作为圣诞饰品之一。模仿白宫的姜饼屋首次出现于1979年。

Gingerbread White House Tells Sweet Stories

Replica of White House (AP Images)

In keeping with this year’s White House holiday theme, "Gather Around: Stories of the Season," the traditional gingerbread White House — a detailed, hand-crafted confectionary replica — pays tribute to stories of American and White House traditions.

Resting on a full-size reproduction fireplace covered with 1,200 cookies, the 300-pound culinary creation commemorates stories of American families gathering in their homes to listen to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats.

Requiring two weeks to construct, the house features a working fountain with bubbling water (with a little blue food coloring), working electric lights, images of the first family, six Christmas trees, red carpeting, chocolate furniture and a chocolate presidential seal over a doorway. Prominently featured are oversized figures of Bo and Sunny, the first family’s dogs, made of dark chocolate.

The tradition of displaying a gingerbread house in the White House at Christmas began in 1972 when first lady Patricia Nixon included a 16-pound A-frame in her decorations. The first to replicate the White House appeared in 1979.