From the "last-minute holiday treats" file: If you've no gingerbread on hand, but plenty of candy, you can still construct a gingerbread house made of graham crackers.
Tutorial site wikiHow runs down how in a photo-laden step-by-step. Two years ago we took the easy way out and used a pre-fab gingerbread house kit to put together our masterpiece; then a reader schooled us with his from-scratch approach. The wikiHow swap-gingerbread-for-graham method will get you a good bit of street cred, too. How to Make Gingerbread Houses Using Graham Crackers [wikiHow via ]
