Traditional Gingerbread House

I realize that this thirty-three-step-plus project may appear overwhelming to a novice at gingerbread house construction, but I assure you that for many years, dozens of nonprofessional students constructed this same house during a one-day gingerbread house workshop I conducted each Christmas. After two hours of lecture and demonstration covering assembly and decorating, each student was given the baked pieces for one house, as well as icing, candies, other decorating materials, and a marzi