Festive parlour games, singing carols, opening an advent calendar and getting dressed up for Christmas dinner are among a group of Christmas traditions which many of us do each year. More traditionally, on the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, many people have been known to open the back door to let the old year out.
For the Lodore Falls Hotel it has become a festive tradition to produce a towering gingerbread house, which is then knocked to pieces on New Year’s Day by children staying at the hotel – a tradition which is now firmly embedded in our New Year celebrations.
For the last 13 years, Head Chef Shane Hamilton, has produced the towering gingerbread house, which is a replica of the Lodore. Shane spends hours building the house, and each year it gets bigger and better than the year before. It features stained sugar windows and real working lights, all of which are edible (except the lights), it is then displayed in the hotel’s lobby for all to see.
Gingerbread House Competition
This year we’re offering you the chance to win 1 night dinner, bed and breakfast at the Lodore Falls Hotel; to ENTER all you need to do is guess the weight of the gingerbread house, with the nearest guess being crowned the winner. To enter visit www.lakedistricthotels.net/gingerbread
At the Lodore Falls Hotel the festive season kicks off early November, as the hotel is adorned with thousands of pretty lights, beautiful decorations and the festive menus are launched, brimming with local seasonal ingredients. To find out more about festive breaks at the Lodore visit www.lakedistricthotels.net/lodorefalls/christmas
Terms and conditions
Prize: 1 night dinner, bed & breakfast for two adults at the Lodore Falls Hotel in a standard bedroom. Subject to availability. Prize must be taken before 23rd December 2016. Winner will be announced by 1st December 2016 by telephone, email and on the Lodore Falls’ Facebook page. Closest guess wins. Employees of Lake District Hotels or their families are not eligible to enter. There is no cash alternative and the prize is non-transferable.
