By WAYNE TOWNER
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The 2018 Gingerbread Festival at the Blennerhassett Hotel kicks off a variety of tasteful — and tasty — displays beginning Monday and running through Dec. 26.

The displays will be placed throughout the hotel’s public areas today in preparation for the two-and-a-half-week festival.
The completed exhibits are free to view, although there is a People’s Choice award which will be determined by the amount of money collected. Each of the exhibitors paid an entry fee of $25 and along with the People’s Choice proceeds will be go to the Habitat for Humanity of the Mid-Ohio Valley. …
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