27th Annual Gingerbread House Contest (Portsmouth, NH)

Date Of Visit: December 17, 2017

Location: Discover Portsmouth, 10 Middle Street
Portsmouth NH 03801

Hours: Open March 18, through December 23, 2017, 9:30-5, Daily and First Fridays until 8pm for Art ‘Round Town

Cost: Free

Parking: There are several parking lots in the Portsmouth area.  The closest lot to the exhibit is on Bridge St (enter 1 Bridge St in your GPS).  It is literally across the street from Discover Portsmouth

Handicapped Accessible:

Website:2017 Gingerbread Houses

Highlights: Gingerbread houses

Tips:

• The Gingerbread Houses are on display from Dec.1 until Dec. 23 each year
• Most parking lots in the area don’t start charging until 12 p.m. on Sunday, although you can park there by 9 or 10 and park for free until noon time

Each Christmas the Portsmouth Historical Society sponsors a Gingerbread House competition.  Besides being delicious looking, the gingerbread houses on display

The houses ranged from the elaborate to basic.  Most of the houses were created by children.  But there were some adult, non profit, business and family entries as well.

Some of the gingerbread houses already had winning ribbons on them.

Below are all of the gingerbread houses on display before Christmas.  They are no longer on display, at least not until next year’s competition.

St. Nichols – Family Entry

The Candy Factory – Youth Group

Candy Factory Restaurant – Youth Group

The Ox Cart Man _ Youth Group

Candy Land – Family Entry

Winter Lighthouse – Youth Group entry

Holiday Lighthouse – Youth Group entry

The Holiday barn – Youth group entry

The Yummy House _ Youth Group entry

John Paul Jones House (a replica of the landmark house on the same street as the historical society) – Adult Entry

The Ice House – Adult Entry

Cottage Christmas – Youth Group entry

Lost In The Snow – Family Entry

Montessori Magic On Dover’s 6th Street – Adult Entry

Home Sweet Home – Youth Group

Surf Shop – Youth Group Entry

Candyland Palace – Youth Group

The Skating Snowflake Lodge – Youth Group

The Year Santa Got Stuck – Adult Entry

Frozen Wonderland – Family Entry

Day After The Storm – Youth Group

Fisher Cat Express – Youth Group

We Fish You A Merry Xmas – Family Entry

Panda Christmas – Family Entry

The Elves Garden – Youth Group

The Island Villa – Youth Group

Cindy Lou Who Gets An IPhone – Adult Entry

Gingerbread Council – Organization Entry

Gingerbread Mouse – Family Entry

The Moffatt-Ladd House – Business Entry

Bright Lights And Nothing But Blue Skies

Stained Glass Cathedral – Adult Entry

The Winter House – Youth Group

The Christmas Barn – Youth Group

Winter Camping – Youth Group

Easy Peasy Winter Breezy – Youth Group

Mushroom Castle – Youth Group

Snowy Cottage – Youth Group

Winter In Paradise Falls – Youth Group

The Ginga Ninja’s of New Castle – Youth Group

Sweet Holiday – Adult Entry

Madi’s House – Youth Group

Harborside Christmas – Youth Group

Candy Village – Family Entry

Bunny School – Youth Group

Snowy Land Stadium – Youth Group

Arrested For Breaking And Entering – Adult Entry

Winter House – Youth Group

Pink Wonderland – Youth Group

Santa’s Snow Coaster – Family Entry

The Lonely Lodge – Youth Group

Winter Wonderland – Youth Group

Sweet Shack – Youth Group

Christmas In Gillette – Business Entry

Emmet’s House – Youth Group

The Candy House – Family Entry

Celebrating Together Because Families Come First – Nonprofit Entry

Halloween Hut – Youth Group

Elf Village _ Youth Group

Hansel & Gretel’s Mansion – Youth Group

Hurricane Irma – Youth Group

Troop Club House – Youth Group

Snowmobile – Youth Group

The House Of Candy Past – Family Entry

California Garden – Family Entry

The Three Disney Eers – Youth Group

Fort Constitution – Youth Group

Hoping For A White Christmas (and their wish came true) – Family Entry

Temple Israel In Honor Of Rabbi Senter – Adult Entry

The Village – Youth Group

Santa’s Coming – Adult Entry

Castle Byers – Youth Group

Christmas House – Youth Group

The Babysitting Palace – Youth Group

Merrily We Go Around – Business/Non-Profit Entry

Little Harbor Chapel – Adult Entry

Polar Pond – Youth Group

Igloo Oasis – Youth Group

The Crusher – Youth Group

Meowy Christmas – Family Entry

Cutts Mansion – Adult Entry

Looking at all of those gingerbread houses can make you hungry.  Not to worry.  The historical society has your back.  Cans of loose candy are scattered throughout the displays.

The historical society was decorated tastefully for the holiday event.

After viewing the gingerbread houses, visitors were given the opportunity to build their own gingerbread houses on the second floor of the historical society.

Which gingerbread house(s) did you like best?

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a very happy and successful 2018!