I'm going to make a gingerbread house today for the first time, any advice?

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I've never done it before, so it could all end in tears.

What will you do with it? Have it as an ornament?

I have always wondered why people make them.

Hmm, I think it'll be an ornament. I'd be hacked off if it takes all day to make and then the dc's scoff it within minutes.