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The Ilonggo Christmas tradition continues – Tinapayan’s Gingerbread Village

Tinapayan Bakeshop always delights Ilonggos, young and old, with its annual grand Gingerbread Village display at The Atrium. The Display which was put up weeks ago is located at the main entrance and will run until January 2012. " It's in our childlike nature, I guess, that led me to start the Gingerbread Village ," says Evelyn “Owa” Que, manager of Tinapayan." It's like your dream of being somewhere - in a dreamland, living in a different pole ." Tinapayan's Gingerbread Village is both an animated and gastronomic display as aside from the gingerbread houses that makes the village; it has movable displays like human figurines, carnival attractions and more. The highlight of the display is a train that regularly runs around the village to the delight of the onlookers. It takes a long time for the Gingerbread Village to take shape. “ You have to color flow it and paint it with Royal icing ” says Ms. Owa. “ The most difficult part is making the base, which ...