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Of all the Blog articles I have written for my little company  - this is my favorite! I wrote it in 2014 and I still get emotional when I read it!

Lebkuchen Schmidt presents their annual Lebkuchen of the Year for 2018 - Lebkuchen Spitzen or German Gingerbread Triangles. Soft, moist Lebkuchen made with nuts, honey and an array of exotic spices cut into triangles and coated on all sides with Alpine milk chocolate.

Celebrating the long history of Europe's Night Watchmen with authentic German Smoker figures. Read about the tour my daughter and I took with a medieval Night Watchman in Prague.

I've got strict criteria for choosing which items I add to the Gingerbread World Collections. Sometimes I apply these criteria very strategically and sometimes it happens by accident. The "Best of Belznickles" Christmas Ornament by Inge-Glas is both - strategic and accidental! This is a gift with a backstory!

We all know about the "Luck of the Irish" and the four leafed clover, leprechauns and pots of gold. But do you know about the "Luck of the Germans"? Here's a run through of the Glücksbringer (Good Luck symbols) that are part of German lore including the Lucky Pig, the Chimney Sweep, the Ladybug and the Lucky Mushroom!

Gingerbread World is closed now for the Season. But we'll be busy in the coming months preparing for the unveiling of our New Christmas Collections August 2018. Join our email newsletter and follow us on Facebook and Instagram to following our preparations and travels!

This year Gingerbread World added the option for our customers to add a personalized gift message to be included with the packages they send to family and friends. As a little company we get to see every order that comes to us by phone, mail and online. In fact we read, process, pack and mail every order personally. We've been touched by the beautiful messages our customers send with their gifts.