One of the sweetest holiday celebrations involves constructing Gingerbread Houses. Building a dream house out of cookies with icing cement and candy accents takes creativity, patience and will power to keep from gobbling up the lumber!
Gingerbread Junction at Sunriver Resort is in its 30th year. The free event is a tour of wild imaginations and adorable creatures. This year, about 70 groups have signed up to participate. The architects are a mix of families, businesses and schools with people of all ages.
“Bend-La Pine Schools has been a great partner for a very long time and specifically the classes at Three River Elementary, says Linday Borkowski, director of sales and marketing at Sunriver Resort. “The teachers and their classes do wonderful displays each year and we hear great stories from them on how much the classes love doing houses each year.”
The display is part of the resort’s Traditions program which starts the weekend before Thanksgiving and continues until the first of the year. The rules are minimal, but all creations must be at least 51% edible and fit within their lot size. Gingerbread Junction raises money through entry fees which vary, depending on size. This year, it will be donated to Habitat for Humanity of La Pine/Sunriver.
“Sunriver Resort matches the funds raised. So far we are at $3,355 prior to our match,” Borkowski says.
The public can view the displays and vote on their favorites through Jan. 7 in The Abbot Room at the Lodge. Past winners have included castles, monsters and country scenes.
Gingerbread Junction
Through Jan. 7, Always Open
Sunriver Resort Abbott Room
17600 Center Dr., Sunrvier
village-properties.com/event/gingerbread-junction-2025/
Free
This article appears in the Source December 11, 2025.
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