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What’s With Gingerbread and 🎄?
Ancient Greeks and Egyptians used gingerbread for ceremonial purposes.
The first gingerbread man is credited to 👑 Elizabeth I, who made 🍪’s in the likeness of visiting dignitaries.
Before refrigeration, crumbled gingerbread was used in food preparation to cover the odor of decaying meat. YUM! 🤢.
A medieval Christian legend tells of 4 Wisemen. One got sick and ended his journey at a rabbi’s 🏠. The rabbi made🍞 to honor the prophesies foretelling of the Great 👑 coming to Bethlehem (means house of 🍞 in Hebrew.) The wise man gave the rabbi the 👑 treasure of ginger root and suggested using ginger in his bread.
Gingerbread 🏡 dates to the 1800s but gained popularity early 1900’s from the Grimm Brother’s tale Hansel and Gretel.
The Germans were the first to decorate the🏡 with 🍬🍭confections.
Now you know!
