I ll!~~~!Lii~i il\" ，， ~ _~ ><~ ~ - s <0/~ ，3， JuST AS with Santa himself， house ar， 48 pounds of shortening and 15 calls are a big part of the holidays for pounds of gumdrops in a season. Some people display the same house year af- farm wife Teri Harwood. \"Folks start phoning in orders for my ter year. But for families with children， oingerbl ead houses in early autumn，\" gingerbread s meant for nibbling.\" - -~ er and ~，randmoth- A busy partner to her husband， Bill， the happy nomem~ ~ \"， ~ ;r\"- Teri admits her wintry confections take er of four from rural George， was，- ，~ ton grins. \"By mid-November， a month- a fail\" bite from her schedule. \"Luckily， long construction season has begun in for us， gingerbread making is a family affair，\" she notes. my kitchen.\" Teri s Christmas carpentry dates \"My mother and daughters often I back 14 years， to when she first made help with decorating， and Bill and the gingerbread houses as gifts for family grandkids are my head taste-testers. and friends. Soon， her all-edible edifices Friends and neighbors stop in to lend a began attracting purchasers. Her holi- hand， too. They say they just follow days have been full of ginger ever since， their noses straight to the kitchen! \" \"I ve baked as many as 50 houses As for what most spice up her life， in a season，\" she says. \"A Swiss chalet， the yummiest rewards come from oth- Santa s house and a classic candy cot- ers， Teri shares: \"I love to watch the tage are among my favorites. I ve also faces of wide-eyed children when they made a Noah s ark， barn， carousel， spot a gingerbread house.\" manger and sleigh. No two of them are Editor s Note: If you d like a copy of her gingerbread house recipe， send ever exactly alike， a self-addressed stamped envelope to \"1 bake and cut all the pieces for sev- Rd. 4 NW， Quin- l~- eral houses first， then assemble them Teri Harwoad， 17041 1 with mortar of white frosting. To corn- \" plete the scene， I add snow-white icing / and colorful candy.\" And what a sweet scene it is! \"1 use peppermint swirl shingles， pretzel fences， red-hot cobblestones and candy cane chimneys，\" she lists as she trims. \"In addition 1 add tiny electric lights. They look so festive， reflecting through my lollipop windows. \"1 can easily go through 150 pounds of flour， 100 pounds of powdered sug- I
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