Every christmas season a giant gingerbread house adornes the lobby of the Grand Floridian at Walt Disney World. For the Christmas Season 2011 this holiday tradition of WDW for the first time ever comes to the flagship hotel of Disneyland Paris as well.

Today at 4 pm the resort’s first giant holiday gingerbread house will be presented to the public in the lobby of the Disneyland Hotel at Disneyland Paris where it will remain as a photo opportunity throughout the season.

Differing from the gingerbread house at the Grand Floridian the structure at the Disneyland Hotel seems a bit smaller (the one at WDW is actually life-sized and it’s inside can be visited by guests). Also construction in Paris occured behind a “construction fence” while in Grand Floridian guests are invited to watch the artists creating the seasonal highlight.

In Paris “Construction” started early this week and progressed at a fast pace as can be seen in our “in-progress” shot taken on Thursday afternoon. However, those interested in the details of the creation of the gingerbread house should be able to find a more detailed and complete “making of”-photo-series / video soon as well from the official sources of the resort. At least, this seems safe to assume since three cameras were placed overhead of the area in the lobby and documented its creation constantly.

The photos also show that in the night from Wednesday to Thursday the traditional christmas tree of the Disneyland Hotel was installed as well – right next to the gingerbread house. In line with the introduction of Duffy, the Disney Bear to guests of the resort this holiday season the tree received a new decoration – incorporating countless Duffy bears.