They say the family that plays together, stays together.

MIDLAND — Design and create your own beautiful gingerbread house just in time for the holidays. Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art hosts a Family Discovery Day Gingerbread Workshop at Midland Center for the Arts, 1801 W

Love making gingerbread houses with the family? Why not put those skills to work and create a “green” gingerbread house? This holiday season, the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center will host its second annual sustainable gingerbread house …

Show off your Holiday spirit and creativity in Downtown Downers Grove during “The Gingerbread Festival” November 25-November 27, 2011! Entries are welcome in two divisions, Family/Individual and Business! Winners in each division will be chosen by view …

THE VILLAGES — During this year’s holiday season, Keith Hicks had a flashback. When he was a child, he said, he used to build sand communities in a ditch outside of his family’s home

The gingerbread house remains a tradition in many homes during the holiday season. If you wish to start this tradition with your family, you may feel a little intimidated by the size and scope of the project.

We have a tradition in our family: making gingerbread houses. Since my daughter was two, we have made gingerbread houses each year during the holidays.

ARCOLA – “There’s something magical about gingerbread houses, the confectionary and architectural wonders of the holidays,” wrote the Harshbarger family in a news release to the Herald & Review.

Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art presents a Family Discovery Day: Gingerbread Building Workshop, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The wonderful smell of freshly baked gingerbread cookies is one of the highlights of the holiday season.