A staff member in Christmas costume poses at an edible Santa’s Lodge inside a hotel in Lianyungang city, East China’s Jiangsu province on Dec 13, 2011. The gingerbread house cost 30,000 yuan to make, and it was created by over 30 staff members in 20 days using 250 kilograms of flour, 300 bottles of honey, 50 kilograms of white sugar, cream and chocolate, to celebrate the upcoming Christmas holiday. [Photo/CFP]