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Each time we post something about the National Zoo’s ridiculously adorable lion cubs, we get asked about when everyone will actually be able to see the little things in person. (To clarify: no, we can’t get you in to see the cubs. Sorry.) But the Zoo is offering the chance for a six-person group to take a morning tour with the cubs — if you can build the best gingerbread lion habitat ever.

Photo courtesy the Four Seasons. Gingerbread houses from kits never look this good. Four Seasons executive pastry chef Charles Froke has created a gingerbread Smithsonian Castle, which you can see at Seasons restaurant. Made with 100 pounds of gingerbread and 50 pounds of icing, the castle took over 100 hours to make and required blueprints. The piece is entirely edible — trees are made of chocolate and windows are made of sugar. In past years,…