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Dec 6, 2021
Decorating a Gingerbread House with Ginger Betty - Paula and her friends are decorating gingerbread houses and learning great tips for making gingerbread houses along the way.
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0:00
(Paula laughs)
0:01
- Eddie, I wish you could have gotten
0:03
all this chit-chat on camera.
0:05
(Shane laughs)
0:06
- You sure about that?
0:08
- He was chittin' and I was chattin'.
0:10
(everyone laughs)
0:11
- All right, so.
0:12
- And I was mixing magic whip frosting.
0:15
- Yes. Yes.
0:16
You over there being a sweet ginger girl.
0:19
As promised in the first interview that I did with Betty.
0:26
I promised that she was gonna teach us
0:27
how to make a gingerbread house.
0:30
And, ah.
0:33
Sugar Shane.
0:35
She rangled in a friend of ours, Shane.
0:40
Quickly, how long have you and I known each other?
0:43
- 10 years.
0:44
- Where did I meet you first?
0:46
- In Dallas,
0:48
with the Southern Cooking Bible, on your tour.
0:50
- Oh I was on a book tour?
0:52
- Yup. Yup.
0:54
- Now, how did you meet Betty?
0:56
- So, the funny story, real quick,
0:58
I was in a restaurant in DC,
1:01
and at the corner of the bar,
1:03
Betty pops in with a couple of her friends.
1:05
- Ah huh.
1:06
and she said, hey, who's sittin' here?
1:07
And I said, you are, this is where the party is.
1:09
(Shane snaps his fingers and Betty laughs)
1:10
- Lets roll.
1:11
- And we do events all over the place, run around.
1:13
- So you just help her with all kinds of stuff.
1:16
- Yup.
1:17
- Shane has, normally his job has always
1:20
been in the kitchen, hadn't it?
1:21
- Yup, chef. Pastry chef.
1:22
- In fact, he was here in Savannah for a very short while.
1:27
Better than Sex Bar,
1:28
- Mmm hmm.
1:30
- and Savannah just wasn't ready for that.
1:33
Bad timing. COVID.
1:34
- Well, It's still here.
1:35
- Oh, it is still here.
1:36
- Yeah, it's still here.
1:37
- I was thinkin' it closed.
1:38
- No no no. It's still here.
1:39
I'm just not with the company anymore.
1:40
- Oh, okay.
1:41
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:42
I sure thought when you left it, it closed.
1:44
- They making it.
1:45
(everyone laughs)
1:47
- Good.
1:48
- Surprise, surprise, surprise.
1:49
- Without you they're making it?
1:51
- Without me, can you believe it?
1:53
- 'Cause everything they taught him, he taught them.
1:55
- Uh huh.
1:57
- So you were very smart because, to enlist Shane,
2:01
'cause he's a good friend.
2:02
He'll do anything he can to help out. So.
2:05
- He's amazing.
2:06
- Betty has enlisted Shane to help her,
2:09
because I'm here just to learn.
2:13
And our friend, what do you call? Diane?
2:15
- Decadent Diane.
2:16
- Decadent Diane-
2:18
(everyone laughs)
2:20
is holding Betty's book.
2:24
And she's gonna tell us how to-
2:27
What she gonna say?
2:29
- She's gonna tell us a little bit,
2:30
we're gonna put together a house
2:31
just to show everybody how to.
2:34
- Uh huh.
2:34
- You know, some little tricks of the trade
2:36
- Yeah.
2:37
for successful gingerbread house to go up,
2:39
- Yes. - so you don't get frustrated. - Yes.
2:40
And she's gonna tell us what it says in the storybook
2:44
- Oh.
2:45
- about our Ginger Betty camp.
2:46
Cookie camp for all the good little boys and girls,
2:48
gingerbread boys and girls.
2:49
- Oh, this is wonderful.
2:50
- So Decadent Diane, what do they do
2:52
over at Gingerbread Land?
2:53
(everyone laughs)
2:54
- [Diane] Just outside the North Pole in Savannah, Georgia.
2:56
- Just outside the North Pole?
2:58
- [Diane] Ginger Snap and Raisin Head
3:01
were in Ginger City, Savannah.
3:04
They were attending the Christmas Camp
3:07
at Gingerbread University.
3:09
That's where all the good little gingerbread boys and girls
3:14
go every year to sharpen their skills.
3:18
There they will build a gingerbread house,
3:21
decorate cookies, whip up magic frosting,
3:26
sing Christmas carols, inspect gumdrops.
3:31
Hope for peace.
3:33
- [Paula] I'm going to inspect the gumdrops,
3:33
they're good and spicy.
3:35
- And of course share cookies and make friends.
3:38
- [Shane] In that order.
3:39
- In that order. Will you all be there?
3:41
(everyone laughs and claps)
3:43
- [Paula] Yes, I vote for that.
3:44
- [Betty] I vote for that.
3:45
All right, Decadent Diane, are you gonna come over here
3:47
and inspect those gumdrops? Please?
3:49
- [Paula] All right. I am gonna step to the side,
3:53
because there's only room for so many back here.
3:56
And plus, I'm gonna sit on a chair
3:58
and I'm gonna learn because the one time
4:00
I tried to do a gingerbread house, it collapsed.
4:04
(everyone laughs)
4:05
And I want you to be sure and tell, Betty,
4:08
that y'all ship these.
4:09
- [Betty] Um hmm.
4:10
- [Paula] And how you ship them and all that, okay?
4:14
- In this here little project you gonna
4:15
try to put earrings on her.
4:17
- [Paula] Oh, no!
4:17
- [Betty] Okay. And she's not stuck here, so be careful.
4:21
Here, lift her right up.
4:21
- [Paula] Lookit. Lookit.
4:23
Lookit.
4:24
- [Betty] Peppermint Paula.
4:25
- Peppermint Paula.
4:27
[Betty] Yeah.
4:28
- [Shane] Budda Dean.
4:29
- Budda Dean!
4:30
(everyone laughs)
4:31
- But listen, I didn't want to put her earrings
4:33
'cause nobody messes with the girl's hoops.
4:35
So I'm gonna allow you.
4:36
- Well, I may just take these off and put these on her.
4:40
(everyone laughs)
4:42
- Okay. So, I'm-
4:43
- So, you're gonna put that one together?
4:45
- And you can be doing the dough.
4:46
- Okay, so I'm gonna put together this house
4:50
while Shane is working on this house.
4:50
We let this set up already for probably about eight hours.
4:56
- [Shane] Mmm hmm.
4:57
Or so. And then that's the one thing that's super important.
5:01
So that the house will stay together.
5:03
You know, if you just use the frosting,
5:05
it will just collapse.
5:06
So you wanna give it,
5:07
once you put the walls in the front and back together,
5:10
you wanna give it sufficient time.
5:12
But I will say one of the first important things is
5:16
when you're rolling out the gingerbread.
5:19
See how this is one of the fronts and backs.
5:21
You wanna make sure you have straight lines here,
5:24
because if they're not straight,
5:26
when you go to put the roof on, it's gonna be crooked.
5:30
So that would be the first thing I would say.
5:33
And then you want to hold it for like one, two, three,
5:34
or you could say Hail Mary or something.
5:37
(Betty laughs)
5:38
- Ah. Jingle bells.
5:40
- Oh, sing jingle bells.
5:41
(Betty and Shane laugh)
5:42
And then, Diane. So, this one's nice and ready.
5:45
- [Paula] Mmm hmm.
5:46
So she's gonna go to town on this and just,
5:48
well, she already ate a handful of gumdrops, because
5:50
- [Diane] I did.
5:51
- [Betty] That's what we say to do,
5:53
so you can get the creative juices going in.
5:55
And spice drops, always do that for science.
5:57
- [Paula] And Diane's very crafty.
5:59
- [Shane] Very crafty.
6:02
- [Diane] I hope this sticks to here.
6:03
- [Paula] I hope this turns out good.
6:05
- [Betty] I think I need some more on the top.
6:08
Yeah, that one's for icicles.
6:10
Where's the other one?
6:11
- [Shane] I gave it to them.
6:12
- [Betty] Right behind there?
6:13
All right. So I'm gonna put this large house together.
6:15
Let's hope it sticks here.
6:17
But usually I just take a little frosting,
6:19
pipe it down here, pipe this here,
6:24
and then just pipe this along the bottom.
6:27
Then you're gonna get your spot for it.
6:30
You're just gonna hold it together.
6:32
Hold it up like that 'til you get the side on.
6:35
And then you're just gonna pipe the frosting
6:36
right back here.
6:39
Right where you're gonna put the wall.
6:43
So on, here's one of my walls.
6:44
I'm just gonna pop here.
6:46
And if the frosting is consistent,
6:48
what you really want is when you mix up,
6:50
it's like a meringue powder or you can use egg whites.
6:53
You can find a royal icing recipe anywhere.
6:56
And so you just wanna get the frosting.
6:59
So it's stiff peaks.
7:01
'Cause if it's too soupy, it's never gonna work.
7:04
So when you can always add a little in here,
7:05
just make sure there's enough that it's gonna stick.
7:11
So let's see, we'll pop this one here.
7:15
- [Paula] And you're just doing that
7:17
straight on the cutting board?
7:19
- [Betty] Yeah.
7:19
- [Paula] And it's gonna harden,
7:21
and you'll be able to pop him right off?
7:23
- [Betty] Mmm hmm.
7:25
And we're just gonna do this.
7:28
And so, like I said, we'll let this sit here for,
7:31
I mean, overnight is really what you'd like,
7:33
just so you make sure that it hardens.
7:35
So when you go to start, see,
7:37
you're just going to pop that here,
7:39
and then you wanna make sure
7:40
that it's connected, like this.
7:45
So just hold that.
7:46
And sometimes you can take a knife
7:47
and just pull the cream up like this.
7:49
- [Paula] Uh huh. Uh huh.
7:50
And also the other thing is, if you're in a rush,
7:53
'cause at the bakery we do this,
7:54
a lot of people will come in and say,
7:55
oh, can I have like three more gingerbread houses?
7:58
But if you need to make one on the fly, you can do this.
8:02
And then you just take a little bit of chocolate.
8:04
and you can run it right down the side.
8:07
So that will just help it harden up, and you know,
8:10
so you can get the roof on there.
8:12
But again, if you do this,
8:14
I would recommend doing it like a weekend project,
8:18
especially for the kids.
8:19
You might wanna-
8:20
- [Paula] Yeah.
8:21
- put it together one night,
8:21
and then make sure it's all hardened.
8:24
And then we can put the roof on,
8:26
you know, usually like seven hours.
8:28
But the next day I like to do it.
8:30
So, you're gingerbread house is gonna be ready to roll.
8:33
And this is perfect consistency.
8:35
And look at Sugar Shane.
8:36
- Shingle it up.
8:37
- Oh, wow.
8:39
- [Paula] How do you get your gingerbread?
8:42
How do you cut your gingerbread?
8:45
- [Betty] So we have, we use a,
8:47
So we have a sheeter, and then-
8:50
- [Paula] You have a what?
8:51
- A sheeter.
8:52
(Shane laughs)
8:53
- Say that a little slower.
8:53
(everyone laughs)
8:54
- [Paula] I got a couple of those in my house!
8:57
(everyone laughs)
8:59
- Yeah, no, we have a sheeter, sheeter,
9:03
and it sheets the dough.
9:04
- [Paula] Uh huh.
9:05
- And then we have the cutters that we have, you know,
9:08
the shapes of the house and things like that.
9:10
And then we just pop them on.
9:11
- All different sizes.
9:13
- [Paula] Well, at home, we would not have a sheeter.
9:14
- Yeah. So you just take your rollin' pin,
9:16
- [Paula] Uh huh.
9:16
take a little flour,
9:17
- [Paula] Uh huh.
9:18
and you can find, you know,
9:19
your favorite family recipe of gingerbread.
9:21
- [Paula] Uh huh, uh huh.
9:22
And then you roll out the cookies to the thickness
9:24
that you like, and yeah.
9:26
Then you just cut them. You bake them off.
9:28
- [Paula] So you could, you could draw you off a pattern,
9:31
- Mmm hmm.
9:32
- Absolutely.
9:33
- [Paula] using wax paper or somethin' like that.
9:35
- Or even on cardboard or somethin'.
9:36
- [Paula] On cardboard, yeah.
9:37
Because you would want everything the same size.
9:41
- Absolutely.
9:42
- [Paula] So.
9:44
- So they look more-
9:45
- [Paula] So it's architecturally correct.
9:46
- Yeah.
9:47
(Paula laughs)
9:48
- And the thing is, so we've had that happen tons of times.
9:50
So it depends on who's cutting.
9:51
And if they put the pieces in the oven,
9:54
and one moved, and it might have a chunk outta here,
9:57
we don't worry about that 'cause when you put it together,
10:00
a little bit of Royal icing will fix it.
10:02
- [Paula] It fixes a lot of sins.
10:04
- And icing goes, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
10:05
- You cover a lot of stuff.
10:06
- So no stressing over the gingerbread houses.
10:09
Just bring your imagination and-
10:11
- [Paula] Hmm mmm.
10:12
- Good to go.
10:14
All right. I think they're hiding-
10:15
- [Paula] I was gonna say the magic of television.
10:18
- [Diane] Yes.
10:21
- [Paula] Do we have one that size, Betty,
10:24
that is ready to finish up?
10:26
- [Betty] We have one of the leaning ones over there.
10:29
- [Paula] Okay. Is this one you want me
10:31
to patch with this one?
10:32
- [Betty] Yeah, please.
10:33
- [Paula] So this is identical to the one that you would do.
10:37
And it's just on a little smaller scale.
10:40
- [Betty] Yeah. This is a little smaller scale.
10:41
So this is our medium house and this is the large house
10:45
right here. And this is gonna be perfect for your cookie.
10:49
- [Paula] All right. Peppermint Paula has her earrings.
10:53
- Oh!
10:54
- [Shane] She got her earrings on?
10:55
- Let's see. Don't slide. It's slippery.
10:58
Oh!
10:59
- [Shane] Check her out!
11:00
(everyone laughs)
11:03
- [Betty] Oh, sweet!
11:06
- [Paula] I'm thinking I'm gonna hook some of these
11:08
on my ears,
11:09
(everyone laughs)
11:11
and so I can have me some peppermint earrings, too.
11:19
- I think that's a perfect nickname, Peppermint Paula.
11:22
(Paula laughs)
11:24
- [Paula] Ooh.
11:26
Look at the green!
11:27
- And where's the glitter?
11:29
We don't have any.
11:30
- [Shane] This is same, sugar like this?
11:32
- [Betty] Yeah.
11:33
- [Shane] Yeah.
11:34
- [Betty] You can pop that right there.
11:36
And usually we put a little glitter,
11:37
but if we just want to put a little sugar.
11:39
- [Paula] Yeah. That looks like, hmm mmm, chunks of snow.
11:43
I mean, chunks of ice.
11:45
- [Betty] Here you go. I'll have to get icicles.
11:50
- [Shane] So, do you make anything other
11:52
than gingerbread when you bake?
11:54
- [Paula] So, yeah. Told ya. Blank.
11:54
- [Diane] So if you hold it blank.
11:55
- We do. We do a bunch of other cookies.
11:58
We do macaroons that are super popular.
11:59
Macaroons, you know, sugar cookies,
12:05
chocolate chips, brownies.
12:06
- [Paula] That's beautiful.
12:07
- We do trays. A lot of trays.
12:07
- [Shane] You gotta control your pressure with the cone.
12:08
Cookie trays for the Christmas or for the holidays,
12:09
- [Paula] I know, I know, but I just can't.
12:10
and we do birthday cakes, wedding cakes.
12:14
Just gonna reach out for these gumdrops.
12:15
- [Paula] I wanna-
12:16
- [Shane] Oh, okay.
12:17
- Did you already inspected the gumdrops, Decadent Diane?
12:19
- [Diane] Yeah, I did inspect the gum drops.
12:20
- Oh, you rock.
12:21
- [Diane] I tasted a few, too.
12:23
(Betty laughs)
12:26
(candies sprinkle on roof)
12:30
- [Betty] Eggnog Eddie, are you gonna try it?
12:32
- [Diane] You make a really big mess when you do this.
12:35
- [Shane] He's definitely gonna try it.
12:36
(Shane laughs)
12:37
- [Diane] Okay. Let's see. What now do I want?
12:40
- I'll take some of these.
12:41
(candies rattle in dish)
12:43
- [Diane] Nice. Look at that.
12:44
- No, it's awful.
12:45
(Shane laughs)
12:46
- We need a smaller tip for you.
12:48
- [Diane] You're strong. That's what that means.
12:50
- [Betty] Yeah. You need a smaller tip.
12:52
- [Paula] Merry Christmas.
12:54
(Shane laughs)
12:55
- [Diane] How's the Christmas?
12:57
- [Shane] We had to break it off the board, so that-
12:59
- [Paula] Look how pretty the merry is,
13:02
that Shane did, and there's my Christ-mas.
13:05
(everyone laughs)
13:08
- [Betty] Oh my goodness.
13:12
You know, you can't be good at everything.
13:15
- Can't be good at everything.
13:16
(everyone laughs)
13:20
- All right. What else do I wanna do to this thing?
13:23
[Paula] Oh my goodness, y'alls Ms are so pretty.
13:28
- [Shane] Gonna need some of these.
13:30
- [Betty] All right. Where's that other little Paula cookie,
13:32
so we could put her in the front yard.
13:35
- [Paula] In the front yahrd!
13:36
- [Shane] In the front yahrd!
13:37
(Betty laughs)
13:38
- You're getting the accent down pretty good.
13:39
You might pass for Bostonian.
13:41
- That's 'cause I love y'alls accent.
13:43
Oh. And I love where the snow is, kinda.
13:46
I'm gonna do some icicles. You wanna try?
13:49
- [Paula] No.
13:50
(everyone laughs)
13:52
- [Betty] All right.
13:53
- [Paula] You want this to be pretty?
13:54
- [Betty] What do you wanna put for the walkway?
13:55
Here, put these balls in there.
13:56
'Cause you were looking to do somethin' with those.
13:57
- [Paula] I know it, but wait. I might want somethin' else.
13:59
- [Betty] You want M and M's or something?
14:00
- [Paula] No.
14:03
Let me see what I want.
14:05
- [Diane] What do you want?
14:07
- I think I might want some of these.
14:09
- [Betty] Okay.
14:10
- [Shane] Look at all the candy there, too.
14:11
You know we got plenty of options on candy.
14:14
- [Paula] Well, I was just thinking
14:15
this could be the sidewalk, you see,
14:17
- [Betty] Perfect.
14:18
- [Paula] that snow has covered the steps.
14:23
- [Betty] Oh, and I'm gonna get Santa.
14:26
- [Paula] See, these are brick steps.
14:29
You have to use your imagination.
14:30
- [Shane] Okay.
14:31
I like it. I like it.
14:34
- And they got snow all stuck to them.
14:39
- That's kinda why I did those on my roofs,
14:40
so, it's kinda, like, snow.
14:43
(packages crinkle)
14:46
- [Paula] Here we go.
14:48
- [Betty] Oh, look at you, professional.
14:49
- [Paula] Mmm hmm.
14:51
This is just so much fun because it's kinda no rules
14:57
once you get your house glued together. Right?
15:01
- [Betty] Exactly.
15:03
And everyone comes out a little different, now.
15:04
- I love your wreath.
15:06
Now you gotta have a red bow, right?
15:08
- Okay. Here. You gonna do it?
15:10
(everyone laughs)
15:12
- No!
15:13
- Spoke too soon.
15:13
- [Betty] Go ahead. Lookit.
15:16
I'm gonna take a picture of you doing this.
15:17
This is perfect.
15:20
You're going right through Gingerbread University.
15:22
Right now. This is great.
15:23
(packages crinkle)
15:25
(everyone laughs)
15:26
- [Betty] Shane, shame on you.
15:27
- Let me practice. Let me practice.
15:31
- [Betty] A bow.
15:32
(packages crinkle)
15:35
- [Paula] Why, I can't remember how you do a bow?
15:37
- [Shane] Two circles and then two lines down.
15:39
- [Paula] Oh, okay.
15:41
(everyone laughs)
15:42
- [Paula] Smart ass.
15:43
(everyone laughs)
15:46
- [Paula] All right, say what? Two circles?
15:48
(everyone laughs)
15:50
- [Betty] Bunny ears, roughly.
15:51
- [Diane] Oh my goodness.
15:52
- Two circles.
15:54
- [Diane] How cool is this?
15:55
All right. Deck it in by hand.
15:57
- You want me to help you?
15:58
- What are the two circles for?
15:59
- [Diane] I'm tellin' ya, this is fun.
16:00
- Oh. Bow.
16:01
- You gotta here, and here, and then-
16:03
- [Off Screen voice] This is fun.
16:04
- [Off Screen Voice 2] Oh my gosh, look at this!
16:04
- [Off Screen Voice] I know.
16:05
- [Diane] I have a little soldier guarding the door.
16:07
- [Paula] Okay.
16:08
- [Off Screen Voice] And a sugar lump is here.
16:13
- [Off Screen Voice 2] Oh my gosh.
16:14
- [Betty] Ho ho ho!
16:15
- [Paula] See, yeah. I've lost my distance. I can't see.
16:18
(Paula laughs)
16:19
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
16:22
♪ Jingle all the way ♪
16:25
♪ Oh, what fun is to ride ♪
16:27
♪ In a one-horse open sleigh ♪
16:30
♪ Hey! ♪
16:31
(everyone laughs)
16:32
- [Betty] Y'all know that by heart.
16:34
- Paula and I are in a doo-wap group.
16:35
(everyone laughs)
16:37
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride ♪
16:39
♪ In a one-horse open sleigh. ♪
16:40
- The snappa?
16:41
- The snap of a ginger snapper.
16:43
- [Diane] Are you the ginger snapper?
16:44
- [Off Screen Voice] Oh my Gosh.
16:45
- [Betty] All right. Let's not think of any more.
16:46
- [Diane] I think I need some more songs.
16:47
- [Paula] Well, that is about the ugliest bow
16:49
I've ever seen in my life.
16:52
- [Betty] It looks beautiful. Come on.
16:56
I think I'm gonna put a door right over here.
16:58
- [Paula] Oh good, so no one-
16:59
(Paula laughs)
17:00
In front of the door.
17:02
Behind the door.
17:05
(cell phone chimes)
17:06
(Betty laughs)
17:08
Wait!
17:09
(cell phone chimes)
17:10
- Oh my goodness, what happened there?
17:11
- [Paula] I hear music!
17:12
- Oh, hear music!
17:13
(cell phone chimes)
17:14
- Strange.
17:16
- I think that's-
17:19
I think that's-
17:19
- [Paula] I don't like bein' a taste tester for this.
17:22
(cell phone stops chiming)
17:25
(Betty laughs)
17:26
I like that music.
17:27
- [Off Screen Voice] Yeah, that's pretty.
17:30
- All right. What about the tree, Shane?
17:32
(package crinkles)
17:33
- Nah, I'm gonna do the tree-
17:33
- I love this Santa Claus. Y'all, look.
17:38
- [Betty] Ho ho ho.
17:39
- Does that look like 'im?
17:41
(everyone laughs)
17:42
- [Shane] Looks exactly like him.
17:44
- [Diane] Like Michael?
17:45
- [Paula] No, like the face I just made.
17:48
- [Diane] Oh.
17:49
I thought one of this looked like a tree.
17:52
- [Paula] I love your leaf.
17:55
Oh, look at the Christmas tree, Eddy!
17:58
- And then I'll-
17:59
- [Paula] On an ice cream cone!
18:01
Now, how genius is that, y'all?
18:04
So, for your Christmas tree you use an ice cream cone.
18:10
- [Diane] Yes. I think that's wonderful.
18:12
- And now, is this a tree, too?
18:17
(everyone laughs)
18:17
- That might be a bush, I'm not sure.
18:19
- A bush. Okay.
18:21
- But of you take that one, that Shane
18:22
already dipped, those.
18:23
You can turn them over,
18:25
and they can be little planters or something
18:27
- Yeah.
18:28
- and you can be presents and stuff like that.
18:29
It's fun. Or a light post.
18:31
- Yes.
18:32
Now where would you sit that?
18:34
- Here, dip it in chocolate.
18:35
and then we can put it right beside-
18:36
- Wait, so he dipped in chocolate?
18:37
Dip, like, there, and then it could stay right here.
18:40
- Dip like where?
18:41
- Here.
18:42
- Okay. On the bottom.
18:42
- Just to pop it in. Yep.
18:44
Just like that. And then we can stick it right here.
18:47
- Okay.
18:48
- [Betty] Then maybe we'll make
18:49
an ice skating rink over there.
18:51
Right in the frost, then.
18:53
There we go.
18:54
- [Paula] Right there?
18:55
(everyone laughs)
18:56
- Perfect.
18:57
- So that's why I wanted you,
18:59
all right. The trash fell out.
19:01
(Betty laughs)
19:02
The dirt fell out.
19:02
- But, the thing is, we're gonna have a blizzard
19:04
in like 10 minutes.
19:05
- Okay.
19:06
We're gonna cover that with snow.
19:07
- [Paula] Okay. Good.
19:08
- Sound good?
19:09
- [Diane] See, something needs to be put on the wreath.
19:12
- And this is a nice tradition, too,
19:13
because I used to have families that would come in this door
19:16
- [Paula] Ah huh, ah huh.
19:17
- [Betty] and you know, they might have, like,
19:19
their immediate family.
19:20
- [Paula] Uh huh.
19:21
- [Betty] Well, this tradition has been going on,
19:22
I've been in business 26 years.
19:24
So this is, like,
19:25
now people are ordering like 30 or 40 or 50.
19:29
You're getting the whole neighborhood involved
19:31
and then they do competitions.
19:32
So, it's something that they look forward to every year.
19:35
- [Paula] Well, I'm going to go ahead
19:37
and place an order for-
19:38
[Diane] Me, too
19:41
- [Paula] A 10, aw, wait.
19:43
- [Eddie] 11? 11.
19:44
- [Paula] Davis, yet, but Davis and Maddie May are
19:49
not old enough to decorate a tree, right?
19:51
- [Eddie] Right. Yes.
19:52
- [Paula] So I would need to order nine,
19:55
- [Eddie] Yeah.
19:57
[Paula] and I'll have them over before Christmas,
20:00
and have a gingerbread house.
20:03
- [Diane] Oh, that'll be so much fun.
20:04
- [Betty] Oh, how fun! How old are they?
20:06
- [Paula] Decorate. They're from a 15, Betty,
20:09
down to 18 months.
20:12
- [Betty] Wow.
20:14
And the little kids, really,
20:16
they like to do the cookies,
20:18
- [Paula] Uh huh,
20:18
and they'll just smear it on
20:19
with the spoon or something.
20:21
- [Paula] Yeah. Yeah.
20:24
That Christmas tree is so beautiful.
20:26
- [Diane] Yes, it is.
20:28
- [Betty] Thank you.
20:29
- [Paula] Mmm, mmm, mmm.
20:31
- [Betty] All right. What else do you want to see Ms. Paula?
20:33
- [Paula] Whatcha gonna do to this side over here?
20:36
- [Betty] All right. We're gonna-
20:37
- [Paula] Or is he?
20:38
- [Betty] What do you want us to write over there?
20:40
We wanna-
20:40
(Betty swishes hands together)
20:44
(bowl scrapes along countertop)
20:46
- [Eddie] So what is the largest gingerbread house you made?
20:50
- Well, that's gonna be, in like, two weeks.
20:54
I told you, your friends.
20:55
- [Paula] Mmm hmm. Uh huh, uh huh.
20:56
- Not Meg Nick.
20:57
He's coming in.
20:59
(Paula laughs)
20:59
So he wanted to build,
21:00
he wants to build a gingerbread house
21:03
that's life size that you can walk in.
21:05
- [Paula] Uh huh, uh huh.
21:06
We're gonna have a slumber party.
21:07
So you guys, if you wanna come.
21:07
You're invited.
21:08
(everyone laughs)
21:09
Just wear pajamas, right?
21:12
- She's talkin' 'bout Nick, that used to be on-
21:15
- The Master Chef.
21:16
- Master Chef, yeah, yeah.
21:17
- He said to say hello. He loved meeting you.
21:19
- Hi Nick!
21:21
(Paula makes smacking noise)
21:21
(Paula and Betty laugh)
21:22
And I loved meeting him.
21:24
- Yes.
21:25
- [Paula] This is so beautiful.
21:28
- [Betty] Isn't it fun?
21:30
- [Paula] Yes. And you need to get a view
21:35
of this tray, that Diane.
21:38
All this little candy that you can use
21:41
to enhance a gingerbread house, like.
21:44
- [Betty] And people use food, cereal.
21:46
- Like, see there, look.
21:47
There's a little Santa Clause.
21:48
You can put him up by the door.
21:50
- [Betty] Mmm hmm.
21:51
You got the toy soldiers, you got the presents,
21:54
- [Betty] Those are my favorite.
21:55
- [Paula] I'm gonna take this present down.
21:57
I didn't see that one.
22:01
I do like a real live present.
22:02
- [Shane] Anybody want some lights on your tree?
22:03
- [Diane] Yes. I'd like lights on my tree. Thank you.
22:05
- [Betty] Sugar Shane, workin' it.
22:07
- [Diane] I tell 'ya.
22:08
- [Paula] Oh Shane!
22:09
- [Diane] Look at that!
22:10
The tree is beautiful!
22:11
- [Paula] Look at his snowman!
22:12
- [Betty] Oh my gosh. He needs a job. Stat!
22:13
(everyone laughs)
22:14
- [Paula] No, lookit!
22:16
- [Diane] Oh, his snowman is darling! It's cute.
22:20
- Oops!
22:21
(everyone laughs)
22:24
- [Shane] Oh, you got to be- Oh, you want it here?
22:26
- [Off Screen Voice] Oh my gosh.
22:27
- [Shane] You about to be out of a job, Paula.
22:30
(everyone laughs)
22:31
- [Diane] Oh, that's gorgeous.
22:32
Honest, it's very pretty.
22:33
- [Paula] Eddie, this is where the ho lives.
22:35
Ho, ho, ho.
22:36
(everyone laughs)
22:38
- [Shane] They can't all fit in there.
22:39
(Shane laughs loudly)
22:41
- They can't.
22:42
Whoa!
22:43
- [Off Screen Voice] Are you making it
22:44
- [Betty] Oh no!
22:45
- [Off Screen Voice 2] Almost man down.
22:46
- [Paula] I'm tellin' ya.
22:48
It's 'cause see, I couldn't see this.
22:49
- [Diane] Isn't that cute?
22:50
- [Paula] Well, look at-
22:51
- [Shane] Oh.
22:53
- [Paula] Oh my gosh.
22:54
- [Diane] I may have to put a soldier
22:56
guarding the front door.
22:57
It's guarding the front door, there you go.
22:59
- The snowman is precious.
23:02
(Shane laughs)
23:03
- [Diane] I love the snowman.
23:04
- And what's this, these two balls, right here?
23:05
- I used these little truffles, right there.
23:08
- Where?
23:09
- [Shane] Right there.
23:10
- Oh.
23:11
- [Betty] Yeah, Get one over here. Miss Paula.
23:12
- It's like a peppermint chocolate.
23:13
- Oh!
23:13
- [Betty] You can do a snowman.
23:14
- I thought you used-
23:16
Oh, oh, oh.
23:17
I see.
23:18
- Mmm hmm
23:19
So it's these two things I love
23:20
- Two of those, stacked on top of each other, yeah.
23:21
I could eat my weight in those.
23:22
- Uh huh. I love these things.
23:25
So when you take the paper off, that's what they look like.
23:28
- [Betty] Yes.
23:29
- [Shane] Make him a little face and a scarf.
23:30
- [Paula] You made him a scarf and a face.
23:32
How did you make the face, that tiny with?
23:34
- [Betty] What was that? A number two tip, Shane?
23:37
- [Shane] I think it said one or two.
23:40
- [Diane] I think that's the problem. I had a larger
23:41
- It's a one.
23:42
- [Diane] Tip, and it was too big.
23:43
- It's a really small one.
23:46
I need somethin'
23:47
- All right. What else do we want
23:48
to put in that baby, Miss Paula?
23:49
- Somewhere.
23:51
- [Paula] I think the wreath is perfect.
23:53
- [Diane] The wreath is great. I love that wreath.
23:55
- [Betty] Do you want to write a saying over here?
23:56
- [Paula] No.
23:57
(everyone laughs)
23:59
- [Betty] That settles that, folks.
24:00
- [Paula] I want you to do it because it's so beautiful,
24:02
and I don't want to mess it up.
24:05
- Okay, let's see.
24:07
- [Paula] You know, this one's almost feels dry enough,
24:09
you could work with it.
24:10
- [Diane] Ooh, that's so pretty.
24:11
- [Shane] That Royal icing really dries fairly quickly.
24:17
- See, I thought this was what you used on your snowman.
24:20
- [Betty] I know, oh yeah.
24:21
- [Paula] The bubble gum.
24:22
- [Betty] The gumballs?
24:23
- [Shane] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I haven't had those.
24:24
- [Paula] You know what? You know what?
24:25
- [Shane] You could.
24:26
- [Paula] Make an angel.
24:27
(Diane gasps)
24:28
- [Betty] Oh.
24:29
- [Diane] An angel would be beautiful.
24:29
- [Shane] Yeah.
24:30
- All right, get to it.
24:31
- All right, so, there you go!
24:32
(Paula laughs)
24:33
- Should put 'em all here.
24:34
- [Paula] There you go.
24:35
- Put it on here.
24:36
- Film at 11.
24:37
- All right.
24:37
- Yes.
24:38
(everyone laughs)
24:39
- Where are those M&Ms? Did we take them?
24:41
- [Diane] They're here.
24:42
- They're on the tray.
24:42
- [Diane] They're on this tray.
24:44
- You got to show me how to make a leaf,
24:46
so I can show those children.
24:49
- [Betty] Yes. So do you have the tips here?
24:52
- [Shane] Here. Here you go.
24:54
- [Betty] This tip right here.
24:56
Can you see that?
24:59
- See that, Eddie?
25:00
- [Eddie] Yup.
25:01
That's for the leaf. And do you start here or there?
25:05
Yes, so you just wanna-
25:06
- Up high or-
25:08
- [Betty] So you just wanna start right here,
25:10
- [Paula] Mmm hmm.
25:11
- [Betty] and you squeeze it,
25:12
and then you just pull it like that.
25:13
- [Paula] Oh, okay. So that's easy.
25:15
- [Betty] Mmm hmm.
25:17
So if you want to do the little wreath like this,
25:21
and then you just work your way around,
25:22
but see this frosting,
25:23
'cause after it sits for a little while,
25:26
it starts to get a little soupy.
25:28
So you wanna kinda work with it fast,
25:30
and then you'll get the lines in there.
25:31
- [Paula] Uh huh.
25:32
You know that you want, so.
25:35
- [Paula] Beautiful. Beautiful.
25:38
You guys feeling the magic of Christmas yet?
25:40
- [Diane] Yeah!
25:41
I am so ready to go out and buy a present.
25:43
Or am I ready to receive a present?
25:46
- Are you ready to receive a present?
25:46
(Shane laughs)
25:47
- I get that mixed up, too!
25:49
(Paula laughs)
25:50
- I could be talked into both.
25:52
- [Paula] No, listen.
25:53
I have so much fun giving.
25:56
- [Shane] Mmm hmm.
25:57
- [Betty] I do, too, Paula.
25:58
- [Paula] I have so much fun givin'.
26:00
- [Betty] Yeah.
26:00
- [Paula] And I got everything I need.
26:02
- [Shane] Absolutely.
26:03
That's what I tell everybody. Don't get me anything.
26:06
I don't want anything. I don't need anything.
26:08
- [Paula] Uh huh.
26:09
All you need is your family and your friends.
26:11
- [Shane] That's it.
26:12
Good times, memories.
26:13
- [Paula And Diane] Yes, absolutely.
26:14
- And that's it.
26:19
- Oh my goodness. A chocolate tree.
26:21
- Reese's Tree.
26:22
- No.
26:23
(Betty laughs)
26:24
- The best one.
26:25
- [Diane] Did you make wings for the angel?
26:27
- [Shane] I don't know. What,
26:29
I don't know what I'd use for the wings.
26:31
- [Betty] Just mixin' up a little bit of-
26:33
- [Shane] All right. Let's see if we can these stay here.
26:34
- [Betty] Snow. There's a Nor'easter coming through here.
26:36
- [Paula] Oh, oh, okay.
26:38
(Paula laughs)
26:39
- [Shane] Ope!
26:40
- [Betty] I'll get that chocolate off the trashcan.
26:41
- [Paula] Oh.
26:42
(Paula laughs loudly)
26:42
That I left
26:44
on my trashcan?
26:45
(Betty and Paula laugh)
26:50
- [Betty] Oh my goodness. All right.
26:51
Where is Santa going?
26:53
Shane's getting it downtown.
26:55
- [Diane] Yes, he is.
26:56
- [Paula] I'm tellin' ya what.
26:58
- [Shane] I don't know if these wings are gonna-
26:59
- [Paula] You're gonna have to,
27:00
- [Diane] I can't wait to see the wings.
27:02
- [Shane] Yeah.
27:03
- [Betty] We're gonna have to get Shane a rest.
27:04
- [Paula] I think you're gonna have to stand there, Shane,
27:06
and hold them.
27:07
- [Shane] Hold it.
27:07
- [Betty] Mmm hmm.
27:08
- [Paula] You know, we probably should've cut
27:11
- [Betty] Ooh, I should've used gumdrops.
27:13
- [Paula] Cut these earrings.
27:15
These candy canes.
27:19
- [Shane] Just gotta let sit there for a second.
27:20
- [Paula] So it wouldn't be quite so big.
27:23
- [Off Screen Voice] They're super cute.
27:25
- [Paula] You know what else we could have used?
27:27
- [Shane] What's that?
27:28
- [Paula] The Twizzlers.
27:29
(everyone agrees)
27:30
- They don't have any.
27:32
Eddie, do you got any Twizzlers?
27:34
- [Eddie] I don't have any, either.
27:35
(everyone laughs)
27:36
- [Betty] Oh my gosh! They mustn't have made
27:37
the bag, 'cause they were there on the table.
27:39
(Paula laughs)
27:40
- The Twizzlers.
27:41
- Eddie, Eddie.
27:42
Twizzlers is legal for Eddie to eat,
27:45
right now that he's watchin'-
27:47
- [Diane] He can eat Twizzlers?
27:49
- [Paula] Yeah, those licorice things.
27:50
- [Diane] You can?
27:51
- [Paula] He ate so many-
27:52
- [Paula] Easy, Pop.
27:53
Oh, it's - look! Look, Eddie.
27:55
(Betty laughs)
27:56
I was tryin' to figure out. Look.
27:58
It's called a Dizzy Pop.
28:00
(Shane and Betty laugh)
28:02
You are getting sleepy.
28:04
(everyone laughs)
28:06
You are getting very, very sleepy.
28:08
(everyone laughs)
28:10
And I have a favor to ask of you.
28:13
(everyone laughs)
28:15
You are getting sleepy.
28:16
(everyone laughs)
28:18
I've never seen one of these.
28:20
- [Betty] There goes the neighborhood.
28:22
- Uh huh.
28:23
- [Betty] How funny.
28:23
- Yup.
28:25
- [Shane] See, what I-
28:30
- [Paula] You're losin' your gumballs!
28:32
- [Betty] I'm losin' my gumballs.
28:37
- [Diane] So, my door is closed, because-
28:39
- [Shane] Well, look at you! You got all.
28:40
That's why I couldn't find a present.
28:41
You got 'em all at your house.
28:42
- [Diane] The door is closed.
28:44
(everyone laughs)
28:46
You can not get in the front door because
28:47
Ginger Betty's in there, making cookies.
28:49
- [Paula] You can use these as presents.
28:51
- [Shane] Oh yeah, I can.
28:52
- So y'all, that completes today's lesson
28:54
in how to put a gingerbread house together.
28:58
And remember, earlier I said that you can order
29:04
just a plain house already put together
29:08
from Gingerbread Betty's business.
29:12
What's the actual-
29:14
- [Betty] Ginger Betty's.
29:15
- [Paula] Ginger Betty's.
29:17
Your website.
29:19
Yup. It's GingerBettys.com.
29:21
That's easy enough to remember. GingerBetty.com
29:29
And what else did I wanna say?
29:30
Oh, so with the house y'all, it's not decorated,
29:34
but Ginger Betty, it includes everything
29:38
that it takes to build the gingerbread house, right?
29:42
- [Shane] It comes constructed.
29:44
- [Paula] No.
29:45
- [Shane] It comes built.
29:46
- [Betty] It comes assembled, though sometimes-
29:47
- [Paula] The house is built.
29:48
- [Betty] Yeah. Sometimes people will get them
29:50
unassembled if they really want to take on the project.
29:54
But most people will say,
29:55
you know, to keep the kids quiet, not a lot of screaming.
29:58
They'll get the house that's already put together.
30:01
- [Paula] So they can get right to it.
30:03
So this is Diane's house.
30:08
Look how cute.
30:09
- [Betty] Decadent Diane.
30:11
- [Paula] Yes. Ooh, what's that? Hmm?
30:13
(everyone laughs)
30:15
- [Shane] It's a surprise!
30:16
- [Paula] What's that?
30:17
(everyone laughs)
30:19
- [Diane] It was supposed to be a window.
30:21
- [Paula] Oh, a window.
30:22
- [Diane] Yeah, but Shane had the little pie things.
30:25
- [Paula] And this is Shane's. Look at the snowman.
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Now, that is two-
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- [Betty] Cute. Oh, two chocolate balls.
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- [Shane] Truffles.
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- [Paula] Truffles. Uh huh. Lindor's truffles?
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- [Shane] Lindl truffle, yeah.
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- [Paula] Put together and he just squirted a hat on him,
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and eyes, and a big smile, and the scarf,
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and the Christmas tree was made
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out of a ice cream cone,
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which I think is so clever.
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And let's see what he's got around here.
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Look at his angel! Look at that little angel!
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- [Shane] Don't look too close. She's about to take a nap.
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(everyone laughs)
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- [Paula] She is, but that's all right. She's tired.
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And here's an ice cream cone,
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that's filled with all kind of
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rich ice cream and the presents,
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and the big ho, ho, ho,
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(everyone laughs)
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and the Merry Christmas.
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What pretty writing these two have.
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Can you show 'em the Merry Christmas?
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Now this is what Ginger Betty wrote.
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Merry Christmas.
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- [Betty] That's a Peppermint Paula over there.
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- [Paula] Yeah!
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And Peppermint Paula is coming out of the house!
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(everyone laughs)
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But look at this.
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- [Betty] There's a sleigh with Santa. Is he over there?
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- [Paula] Yes! Oh, look at the sleigh!
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- [Shane] Is that mistletoe on top of Paula's head?
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- [Betty] Hmm mmm.
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- [Shane] Ut oh.
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(everyone laughs)
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- She's looking for Molasses Michael.
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She was hopin' to get a peek, but St. Nick's here.
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(everyone laughs)
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- [Paula] Oh, and look, the beautiful bow
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you covered with a soldier man.
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(everyone laughs)
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I did the bow, y'all, and it was pitiful.
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- [Betty] We had to save the bow.
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- [Paula] Yes, save the bow.
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But now tell everybody where they would go
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to find all these different candies, Betty,
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to put their houses together.
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- Okay. So I mean, most of the times, you know,
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we'll do wholesale things, but you know,
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you can come into the bakery, or you can go to BJ's.
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I find they have a lot of candy, a lot of different ones.
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Sometimes it's better than the wholesale.
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- [Paula] Uh huh.
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- or a Walmart or something. Costco.
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- [Paula] And I bet. I bet.
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I know that,
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not Whole Foods, but the other one.
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- Fresh Market.
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- [Paula] Fresh Market, you know.
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- Yeah.
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- [Paula] They have a lot of candies, you know.
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(everyone agrees and suggests stores)
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- [Paula] You know, where you can buy 'em
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by the pound or whatever.
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- Yeah, but do you guys have Stop and Shop here or no?
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- No.
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- [Paula] Ut huh.
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- But even a CVS or a Walgreens, you'd be surprised,
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and sometimes, I mean, the candy is so expensive right now,
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try even the dollar store or-
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- [Paula] Yes!
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- Yes, CVS or Walgreens.
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- [Paula] I thought about that dollar store.
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That's a great place.
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But they could call or contact you,
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and order special candies from you, couldn't they?
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- Yup, absolutely, yup.
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- [Paula] So remember.
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- Remember.
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- Ginger Betty.
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(Betty laughs)
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- Dot com.
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- We have frosting on the brain.
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- Uh huh.
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I think we have gingerbread on the brain.
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We've been at this for awhile.
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- [Paula] Uh huh.
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Gingerbetty.com.
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- Yeah.
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And it's a sweet holiday tradition,
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and you'll have so much fun with your family and friends,
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and then you get to eat the whole thing.
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- [Paula] Well. I'm just so impressed.
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And you know what, Ginger, baby?
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- Yes?
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- [Paula] I think you oughta write an autobiography.
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- I think she should.
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- Do it up!
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- Okay. Always sweet, sometimes spicy.
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- [Paula] 'Cause you got a story in ya.
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You got a story in ya.
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- Yeah. It was fun. Thank you so much.
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- [Paula] Oh, no, thank you.
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I'm so in awe.
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and Diane and Shane just,
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they did ya right.
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- They did.
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- [Paula] Santa's helpers.
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- Dinner on me.
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- [Paula] Gingerbread help.
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(everyone laughs)
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- Filet for everyone.
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- [Paula] We'll see y'all for the next video.
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And she is going to show us how to make a gingerbread man
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or woman.
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Or both.
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- Bingo.
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- Bingo.
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- [Paula] Bingo bango.
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(everyone laughs)
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