Judges Kit Sherrill, Lorie Demers, Lisa Kristoff, Doug Fraher and Trish Monroe selected the following gingerbreads as this year's Top 12 this afternoon, Dec. 16, at the Opera House.

Drum roll please …

Best Traditional Gingerbread House Design - “The Love Shack” - Addie Barter (age 6)

Most Creative: “Fabrege Egg” - Shelia Wiken

Best Holiday Spirit: “Santa’s Ride” - Lee and Nancy Stoddard

Most Obsessive Compulsive: “Sugar Street Bakery” - V. Eastman 

Best Representation of a Landmark: “Burnt Island Lighthouse” - Paul and Louise Cowan

Most Hilarious: “Catch of the Holi-day” - Martha H. Cowdery

Best Landscaping: Winter Wonderland  - Octavia Aurora (age 7)

NEW Category: Most Timely: “Cuckoo Clock, Holiday Style” - Wendy & Al Bellows

NEW Category: Most Unexpected: “Adonis” - Beth Long & Deena Carafelli

Most Ingredients Used:  Gingerbread Village - The Nadeau Bakers: Jessica, Pauline and Rosemary

Most Spectacular:  “We’re All Mad Here” - Susan Brackett and Bob Eisele

The Gingerbread Spectacular will be held rain, snow, sleet, or whatever else Mother Nature conjures up, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec. 18 at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor.