Sweden
Sweden
There are no such things as gingerbread houses. They are in your imagination
the gingerbread house came from Germany
An Armenian monk brought the recipe for gingerbread to France in 922 AD. Gingerbread spread to Germany, Sweden and the UK. German bakers started making gingerbread houses in the 1800s.
The tradition of baking a Gingerbread house began in Germany after the Brothers Grimm published their collection of German
Since 1991, the people of Bergen, Norway, have built a city of gingerbread houses each year before Christmas.
Gingerbread originates from Armenia.
The gingerbread man came from Germany
Germany
Gingerbread originated in ancient Greece and was later popularized in Europe, particularly in Germany. Today, various countries around the world have their own versions of gingerbread, but its true origins can be traced back to ancient Greece.
That phrase is not talking about the gingerbread you eat! Victorian Era houses had a lot of decorative woodwork that was called "gingerbread" because it looked a bit like the decorative gingerbread houses people make. If your gingerbread on your house had gold leaf rubbed on, it was gilded, or gilt. "The gilt has worn off the gingerbread" thus means that time has passed and the decorations aren't as pretty - in other words, the newness has worn off.