Gingerbread House Day Is Today!
薑餅屋日就是今天！
（第252期 New News 出版）
Do you like to build houses? Do you like to eat those houses after you build them? Nah, this isn’t any fictional movie or anything, what I’m talking about are gingerbread houses!
As you』ve probably guessed, these so-called 「gingerbread houses」 are usually entirely made of candy and gingerbread, so they are very much edible!
Actually, they have a longer history than you probably think. They can be dated back as early as the sixteenth century, when they started being built in Germany. But it was thanks to the publishing of Brother Grimm’s 「Hansel and Gretel」 in 1812, which featured the edible house, did it become more popular.
「Because they’re very popular as Christmas decorations nowadays, it’s not that surprising that Gingerbread House Day is celebrated annually today,」 says Tigger. 「I think that they are both fun to build and eat! My, all this talk about food is making me very hungry, so I might as well be off!」 He hopes that you can build a yummy gingerbread house today.
你喜歡蓋房子嗎？你喜歡建完房子後把它們吃了嗎？吶，這可不是什麼虛構的電影什麼的，我說的是薑餅屋！
你可能已經猜到了，這些所謂的「薑餅屋」通常完全是由糖果和薑餅組成的，所以它們也是非常好吃的！
其實，它們的歷史比你想像的要長。早在十六世紀，德國就開始做薑餅屋。但是由於1812年格林兄弟的《漢塞爾和格雷特》的出版，其中有可食用的房子，它才變得更加流行起來。
「因為現在它們作為聖誕裝飾品非常受歡迎，所以今天，每年慶祝薑餅屋日並不奇怪，」Tigger說。「我覺得它們既好玩又能吃！天啊，這些關於食物的話題讓我非常餓，所以我還是走吧！」他希望你今天能建造一個美味的薑餅屋。