Lilly Dissette, 8, of Newburyport, took first prize in this year's Gingerbread Contest at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, N.H. Her entry, titled "Merry Christmas, Squirrels" depicted a family of squirrels in their rather elegant tree-trunk home, opening presents and playing with toys on Christmas morning. Lilly's win was determined by popular vote of the thousands of people who attended the annual Candlelight Stroll.
