Gingerbread Man Rochard Christmas Limoges Box

Fresh from the oven and dressed in icing trim, the gingerbread man runs onto the shelf in this festive Rochard box. The brown cookie body and its decoration are painted by hand on porcelain in Limoges, France.

Run, Run, as Fast as You Can

The gingerbread man has been part of holiday baking for centuries and part of folk tales almost as long. Rochard turns him into porcelain, so this cookie is meant for display rather than dessert. Each figure is hand-decorated, so the icing details differ slightly from one to the next.

Baking Season Favorites

• A Rochard Christmas design
• Belongs with Christmas, baking or holiday treat boxes
• Pairs with candy cane, cookie jar and snowman pieces

For the Holiday Baker

This box suits the friend who hosts the annual cookie exchange, the grandmother whose kitchen smells of ginger every December, or a pastry chef who loves the season. It also makes a sweet teacher's present before winter break. Set it on a kitchen windowsill, a holiday sideboard or beside a gingerbread house.

Many families bring it out on the day the first batch of cookies comes out of the oven, a small tradition that marks the start of the season.