Gingerbread Family

Obama reads to kids, brings cookies
AP Worldstream; 12/21/2009; 688 words; ...by grabbing his red velvet-wrapped basket of cookies and offering the children a choice of shapes: Bo the family dog, a gingerbread man or a Christmas maple leaf. Then came the wish lists, with some children wanting computer game systems...

Obama reads to kids, gets foosball challenge
AP Online; 12/21/2009; 1076 words; ...by grabbing his red velvet-wrapped basket of cookies and offering the children a choice of shapes: Bo the family dog, a gingerbread man or a Christmas maple leaf. Then came the wish lists, with some children wanting computer game systems...

Obama
AP Images; 12/21/2009; 222 words; President Barack Obama gives out White House Christmas gingerbread cookies, including one in the shape of Bo, the Obama family dog, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, during a visit to a Boys and Girls Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

LAP IT UP IN LONDON; Christmas bells are ringing loud and clear at Covent Garden's cracking market.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 12/19/2009; 1098 words; ...warm mulled wine and freshly-baked gingerbread men. Luxury mince pies, deluxe cakes...wine, there is something for the whole family this year at Covent Garden." For details...Covent Garden has something for all the family, from choir singing, roasted chestnuts...

Christmas Norwegian style; THE trees are lit and carols are being sung. ALASTAIR GILMOUR looks at Christmas celebrations at home and in Norway.(Features)
The Journal (Newcastle, England); 12/19/2009; 976 words; ...industry but at Christmas it's gingerbread that gets people talking...Tyneside. "A pepperkakebyen (gingerbread town) is made each year by...On Christmas Day, most families have a big brunch or dinner...is now traditionally when families travel round meeting friends...