HILTON CHICAGO Displays Life-Size Gingerbread Hotel for the Holidays

At the center of Chicago's holiday festivities, Hilton Chicago has unveiled a life-size gingerbread hotel with city skyline, along with extravagant décor for the holiday. Guests of the Hilton Chicago and many more are enjoying taking photos of this fantastic display.

It will be available for viewing throughout the season. The gingerbread hotel stands over six feet tall and took three pastry chefs more than 270 hours to create. It used 380 pounds of flour, 280 pounds of powdered sugar, 40 pounds of egg whites, 16 pounds of ginger, 16 pounds of cinnamon and 16,000 gingerbread bricks.

Check out this fantastic 1 ½ minute time-lapse video of the life-size gingerbread hotel being created here: click here

In celebration of the property's 90th anniversary this year, Executive Chef Mario Garcia added a new installation of the Chicago skyline that includes gingerbread replicas of the John Hancock building, Willis Tower, The Bean, CNA Building, Aon Building, and Prudential Plaza, making this the largest masterpiece to date.

Additional floor-to-ceiling holiday décor at Hilton Chicago includes the hotel's iconic 24 ft. Christmas tree with thousands of metallic ornaments, two thousand inches of decorated garland, a 30" Poinsettia kissing ball and 60 ft. wreaths throughout the hotel.

The Hilton Chicago is located at 720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60605. For more information, call 312.922.4400 and visit: http://www3.hilton.com

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Hilton Chicago

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