2021 St George Gingerbread House Parade

50 S. Main Street,St. George UT 84770

29 November, 2021

Description

Get excited about this years Gingerbread House tour featuring uniquely crafted gingerbread houses sponsored by local business heroes. This idyllic hometown event begins together with the Kick Off to Christmas and Tree Lighting Ceremony held at St George Town Square on the Monday after Thanksgiving, November 29, 2021. Time of day: 6:00 PM. It will run two weeks. Participating businesses will host uniquely crafted Gingerbread Houses. Visitors will collect stamps from each location and turn in their stamp-cards at the end to receive a prize. The parade ends with a celebration on December 11, 2021 at the Holiday Market at Ancestor Square, St George 1:00-4:00 pm. We will be at a booth to give out prizes to children and families that visited each location and received a stamp on their map. Interested participating business heroes and volunteer baker superstars are asked to contact Melissa Daams at [email protected] for more information. Please follow our social media accounts or website at www.gingerbreadparade.org in case of changes to the event. The origins of the Gingerbread House Tour in St. George, Utah The first annual Gingerbread House Tour began in 2012 in St. George Utah and was organized by McArthur Jewelers, which later became Forever Young Fine Jewelers. Participating businesses in the downtown showcased uniquely crafted gingerbread houses. Then visitors could cast votes for their favorite house. The houses remained at the area businesses for a week and then at the Historic Downtown Christmas Celebration, the votes would enter a raffle to win $50 and the best Gingerbread house baker would win a prize of $300. At this event, the participating businesses included items or services to be auctioned together with the Gingerbread Houses and every penny earned would benefit the Children of Hope Academy, which helps mentally challenged individuals reach their full potential. The years following this Gingerbread House Tour switched organizer's hands, eventually landing with the St. George Children’s Museum - and their goal was to keep it near the Main street shops to promote shopping local and supporting the arts. The money benefited the children’s museum. Local resident Melissa Daams, heard about the Gingerbread House Tour and first participated in 2018 by bidding on one of the houses. She won it and it won her heart. She swore she would promote this event and be a cheerleader behind it. In 2019, she discovered that the children's museum would not be organizing it and she decided to make it happen. She founded the non profit St George Gingerbread House Parade so that it could have a constant dedicated person making it happen every year. Her goal is to create an idyllic family friendly hometown Christmas experience, promote buy local, and fund raise for the St George Children's Museum.