Sleigh Wreck

Over the holidays, Rae and I visited her mom in Asheville, North Carolina. Her sister Kate was there too, visiting from Montana.

We visited the Grove Park Inn, and, naturally, toured this year's display of national-competition-grade gingerbread houses.

Here's my favorite. It took us a little while to grasp the genius. At first, it looked like this one was a victim of the hands of little children (that happens a lot there, some sort of child-candy reflex). But no! Santa Crashed! Notice the gingerbread man checking out the wreck from his window, the way Santa and the elf are standing around looking downtrodden, and the reindeer with his head knocked off. (And the cutie in the background.)

The view from the backyard is equally bleak...