Trivia Advent Calendar

[Eva Elisabeth]

Thanks, Laurie! Taking White House Xmas trivia to the tree top: The lady who construed the WH gingerbread house this year, then-White House assistant pastry chef Susie Morrison, has just been named the new executive pastry chef. Susan E. Morrison is the first woman to hold the job.
   
Reminds me of what I imagine might have looked like the sugar models of the U.S. Capitol, Fort Sumter and Admiral David Farragut on the mast of his ship, the USS Hartford, which had been made for the menu at A. Lincoln's second inauguration ball, obviously the "&c." here: