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Please feel free to interact with the buildings: Nibble on the doors, have a bite of the gravel roads, lick the windows -- it's all edible!

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If you love the holidays and you love decorating your home for the holidays and you have a ton of expendable income, then have we found the gift for you.

From a 17-foot gingerbread ship docked at The Ritz-Carlton to a life-size gingerbread house at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., to a life-size gingerbread carousel at Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resorts, The Daily Meal has found the 12 most outrageous gingerbread displays of 2013.

The gingerbread house is one of those holiday perfection metrics that goes beyond a fancy wrapping job or killer buffet spread. It feels like an absurd measure of quality that women are seduced into believing is preferable to the gingerbread outhouse alternative: quirky, skewed, imperfect, lacking, unique, and real.

Tis' the seasons for peppermint candy, cookies, and deliciously decorated gingerbread houses! Although you can't snack on the candy colored homes on this list, they sure look good enough to eat.

Here is a hint: It is as simple as a cookie.

** Check out how the house was made in the video above. Do you have a home story idea or tip? Email us at homesubmissions