Caroline and I went to Rockafeller Center to check out the tree and annual Christmas display. We later went to check out the Gingerbread houses display at the Mariott Marquis.

Click the album icon on the left to see the gallery. Some of this stuff is insane at the detail put into the houses. Unfortunately some didn’t resist the destruction of idiot tourists.

Gingerbread on Broadway Contest
Top culinary students compete to create elaborate New York-inspired gingerbread houses.
• December 6-23
• Marriot Marquis Hotel, 1535 Broadway, between 45th and 46th Sts., 8th floor; 212-982-8300; nymarriottmarquis.com.
• Free.