12. The Grand Peppermint Lodge
Last one, and the most extra. A grand lodge built from everything on this list — striped walls, candy cane columns, a gingerbread-trimmed roof, a chimney with its ribbon of smoke, and a porch big enough for the whole village. I built it at the end of the lane, where the path turns, so it is the first thing you see coming home. Inside there is a fireplace hall, a long table set for dinner, and stockings hung in a row. It is the cabin that ties the whole peppermint world together, and it is worth every block.
