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Instead, it was conjured into existence by artificial intelligence and featured a few otherworldly touches, like a snowy village melting into a Coke bottle here, or a gingerbread house animating itself there.

The melancholy ad sees Gary continuing a tradition they shared, building a gingerbread house as his way to remember her.

Her describing it a combination of pumpkin pie and gingerbread also made it sound stupendous.

She was named an assistant pastry chef in 2002 and became the executive pastry chef in November 2014 — just in time to sweat over the details of that year’s gingerbread White House for the holidays.

“Not the gingerbread you eat. Gingerbread is the name for the carving and scrollwork that decorated the hulls of pirate ships,” said Mom.