The clock is ticking and the pressure is on as the talented Moon family of Jensen put the finishing touches on their epic gingerbread display for the public. Each year, Roosevelt Library Director Stephen Moon and his family choose a book or literary theme to create an all gingerbread display destined for the Roosevelt Branch Library during the Christmas season. The tradition of making gingerbread houses began when Stephen was just a kid. His mother, Ann Moon, taught him the art of making gingerbread and all the candy details as decoration. Over the years, the displays became more and more elaborate and once Stephen’s wife Sabrina came on the scene the three of them worked as a team to out-do themselves each year. In 2013, the Moon family added a new team member with Stephen and Sabrina’s son Matthew, who joined the tradition his first year by eating the baby Jesus right out of the manger! Matthew is now an equal team member and takes his role in the annual tradition seriously. ‘T’was the Night Before Christmas’ is this year’s theme with 14 scenes from 14 different versions of the classic holiday poem. “As you walk around the display you go through the full poem,” explains Stephen, “but as a mashup of 14 different versions.” The wide range of versions include Die Hard, Golden Girls, dinosaurs, Legos, and many more, all worth seeing! It will be set up December 5th and on display for viewing December 6th and throughout the month of December in the Roosevelt Branch Library.
