The long-standing tradition of the Uptown Gingerbread Contest has once again brought festive cheer, creativity and friendly competition to Port Townsend this holiday season.
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The long-standing tradition of the Uptown Gingerbread Contest has once again brought festive cheer, creativity and friendly competition to Port Townsend this holiday season.
“We are so grateful toward the community for sharing their creativity with us,” said Melody Sky Weaver, the director of the Port Townsend Library. “It’s so joyful to see patrons of literally all ages in the library feeling such delight and holiday merriment at looking at these creations. It’s really a beautiful thing to give to our community this time of year.”
Now in its 30th year, the contest is hosted by the Port Townsend Library and sponsored by Friends of the Library, Key City Theatre and Port Townsend Main Street. This year, the event featured 22 gingerbread houses, many made from kits provided to participants.
“I think its popularity really speaks to the creativity of our community,” Weaver said. “It’s a feat of architecture and creative problem-solving skills to build these complex structures out of edible material.”
The winners of three categories — Most Creative, Most Literary and Age 12 and Under — were chosen by Port Townsend Mayor David Faber and announced on Dec. 18.
“I had a great time judging this year’s Gingerbread House contest,” Faber said. “I was really impressed with the creativity of so many of the entries, and I really struggled to name just one winner in each category.”
Faber awarded Most Creative to “The Raccoon Lodge” by Steve Lafleur for its relevance to Port Townsend and Most Literary to “Discworld” by The Haney Family for its connection to author Terry Pratchett. The Age 12 and Under category went to “The Kindness Go Round” by the Superhero Kids of “Dr. D” Don Halquist’s second-grade class at Salish Coast Elementary School for its emphasis on community and cooperation, according to the library.
The People’s Choice award, voted on by library patrons, was given to Sylvie and Robin Errichetti, the creators of “Oribel’s Chickshaw.”
The winners of each category will receive a gift card for a local business.
All 22 entries remained on display at the library through the end of the year.
