E REASON BEHIND THAT CARDIAC
ARREST.
JOHN: STILL LIVE IN ASHEVILLE AT
25TH ANNUAL NATIONAL GINGERBREAD
HOUSE COMPETITION.
OVER 170 ENTRIES FROM ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY, IT HAS
BEEN KIND OF SPECIAL.
TRACY WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A
SECOND.
THE JUDGING HAPPENED A COUPLE
DAYS AGO, NOVEMBER 20, THIS PAST
MONDAY, SO WE ALREADY HAVE THE
WINNERS.
BUT FOR YOU FOLKS SITTING ON THE
COUCH, YOU CAN COME DOWN TO THE
OMNI GROVE PARK INN AND VISIT
AFTER 3:00 SUNDAY, BETWEEN THIS
SUNDAY IN JANUARY 4.
YOU CAN ALSO COME IN ANYTIME
BETWEEN MONDAY AND THURSDAY,
BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 4.
$20 PARKING SEEMS LIKE A LOT,
BUT HALF OF THE $20 GOES TO A
LOCAL CHARITY.
IT IS FOR A GREAT CAUSE, SO COME
ON DOWN.
TRACY JOINS ME.
>> HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
JOHN: IT IS ALWAYS GREAT BEING
HERE.
THE GINGERBREAD SMELLS SO GOOD.
THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
>> IT IS A HUGE DEAL.
WE HAD MANY GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
FROM THE PAST COME BACK, BECAUSE
THEY WANTED THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY
PRIZE.
BRAGGING RIGHTS ARE PRETTY HIGH
AROUND HERE.
JOHN: DIFFERENT CATEGORIES,
RIGHT?
>> YOUTH, CHILD, TEEN, AND ONCE
YOU ARE 18, WE ONSIDER YOU AN
ADULT.
JOHN: AND THE ADULT IS THE GRAND
PRIZE.
FIRST, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS
ONE.
>> THIS IS BY MEGAN MORRISON.
SHE HAS COMPETED IN A LOT OF
CATEGORIES.
THE LAST TWO YEARS, SHE COMPETED
IN THE ADULT CATEGORY.
SHE IS A COLLEGE STUDENT THAT
STUDIES CHEMISTRY.
THIS IS HER ENTRY THIS YEAR, "O
CHEMISTRY, P CHEMISTRY."
I NEVER GET TIRED OF SEEING
ORIGINALITY FROM THESE FOLKS.
POOR SANTA STUCK IN THE
CHIMNEY.
JOHN: [LAUGHTER]
THAT WOULD BE ME.
WE NEED A DRUM ROLL.
WE TOOK A PICTURE OF THIS.
THIS IS THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER.
>> THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER TAKES
$5,000.
THEY GET AN ALL-EXPENSES-PAID
WEEKEND AT THE OMNI GROVE PARK
INN AT OUR ADULTS EXCLUSIVE CLUB
FLOOR, AND GO TO THE SUGAR ARTS
SCHOOL IN GEORGIA.
JOHN: THOSE LOOK LIKE REAL
BOOKS.
>> REMEMBER THAT IS 75%
GINGERBREAD.
IT IS 100% EDIBLE.
JOHN: THAT IS AMAZING.
>> ANN BAILEY FROM NORTH
CAROLINA IS AN ARTIST FROM HER
OWN RIGHT.
I BELIEVE SHE MAKES EDIBLE
MASTERPIECES.
JOHN: ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
>> MY PLEASURE.
JOHN: HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
>> TO YOU AS WELL.
JOHN: FANTASTIC WEATHER OUTSIDE.
UNSETTLING PICTURE, CLOUDS
CONTINUING MAINLY ALONG THE I-85
CORDONA SOUTH.
DON'T EXPECT THEM TO SQUEEZE OUT
ANY PRECIPITATION.
HERE IN ASHEVILLE, NICE AND
CLEAR.
CURRENT TEMPERATURE 48 DEGREES.
62 ALONG THE GRAND STRAND OF
MYRTLE BEACH.
WE HAD DOWNSLOPING WINDS IN THE
UPSTATE, WITH MILDER
TEMPERATURES ABOVE AVERAGE.
A LITTLE BIT CHILLY WITH A
BREEZE IN THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.
49 DOWN THE STREET IN
HENDERSONVILLE.
UP STRAIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS, 40
IN BOONE AND FRANKLIN.
ONLY A COUPLE STORM SYSTEMS.
A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH
THE NORTHEAST.
A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS FROM
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA UP INTO
OREGON AND WASHINGTON PRODUCING
RAIN, SNOW IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
THESE ARE NOT MAJOR STORM
SYSTEMS, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS FOR
PEOPLE TRAVELING ACROSS THE WEEK
INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
THE LAST OF ARCTIC AIR -- BIG
BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR BEHIND THE
FRONT.
FLURRIES IN MINNEAPOLIS.
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW
ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA.