Mesa resident Judy Hall began baking her gingerbread displays in July, including this Dollar Tree display, and she’ll be showing over 100 of her projects beginning Saturday, Nov. 22, at Encore at Eastmark before raffling them off for charity next month. (Cecilia Chan/Tribune Managing Editor)

It was late October and Mesa resident Judy Hall was busy in her kitchen assembling a gingerbread house – No. 106 and counting.

Hall embarked on her gingerbread baking fundraiser in July with the help of her mother, Janie Schmolke, who does a lot of the decorating.

Judy Hall buys many of her supplies at Hobby Lobby, so she made a gingerbread replica of a store. (Cecilia Chan/Tribune Managing Editor)

“We’re going to have at least 120,” Hall said. “I get these ideas, and I want to put them int

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