Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Anyone can vote for People's Choice Award until Dec. 19
Over a dozen houses are on display at Carter Foods. Displays are organized via age groups.
A "Peppermint Lane" theme gingerbread house waits to be judged.
LACROSSE-Carter Foods in LaCrosse is holding their second annual gingerbread house contest, sponsored by LaCrosse Business Group and the Bank of Eastern Washington. Voting will begin Thursday, Dec. 15 through Tuesday, Dec. 19. Entries ended Monday, Dec. 12.
Winners will be announced next Tuesday, Dec. 20, and everyone has the chance to vote by Monday, Dec. 19.
Store owner Jody Carter, stated that there are different age groups that can be voted on. There are four in the two to five year old category, nine participating in the six to nine age group, three in the ten to thirteen age group, and there are four entries in the adult category.
Carter explained that each first place winner gets a 25 dollar cash award. Second place will get a five dollar gift certificate, and whoever gets the most votes for the people's choice gets a 50 dollar gift visa from the LaCrosse branch of the Bank of Eastern Washington.
Carter explained that the kids really enjoy the competition, and it often is more than just a gingerbread house that people enter but full Christmas scenes. " There is one that did a whole barn scene, and another that did a whole snowman mountain," adding that it has snowmen made out of marshmallows.
"Anyone who comes in the store can vote for the people's choice award," Carter said.
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