Hugs and holiday wishes to Y&H’s virtual pal, Obama Foodorama (can you hug a virtual pal?), for alerting me to this year’s White House gingerbread house. It is a thing of beauty.

ObFo’s Eddie Gehman Kohan notes that White House executive pastry chef Bill Yosses has put together the largest gingerbread house in Oval Office history:

It was made with honey from the White House Bee Hive, and features a marzipan replica of the Kitchen Garden, a mini Bo, and a shadow box view of the State Dining Room.

In his blog, Yosses explains the pains he and his staff went through to produce the annual White House confection: