Why do we eat gingerbread man at Christmas?

Cakes of all shapes and sizes (including smaller items such as cookies) have been part of festive holiday rituals long before Christmas. Ancient cooks prepared sweet baked goods to mark significant occasions. Many of these recipes and ingredients (cinnamon, ginger, black pepper, almonds, dried fruits etc.) were introduced to Europe in the Middle Ages. They were highly prized and quickly incorporated into European baked goods. Christmas cookies, as we know them today, trace their roots to these Medieval European recipes. Dutch and German settlers introduced cookie cutters, decorative molds, and festive holiday decorations to America. German lebkuchen (gingerbread) was probably the first cake/cookie traditionally associated with Christmas.

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Christmas Gingerbread Man

Is the gingerbread man gay?? What does the gingerbread man and a gay man have in common??? Nothing thats what. Its a children's fairy tale. Its a rhyme. Its a story of a cookie that came to life and was eaten by a fox. It has nothing to do with homosexuality.

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Why do we eat gingerbread man at Christmas?
Does anyone know? Is there a history, fairy tale or a story behind it?
Do people eat gingerbread man at other times other than Xmas? Thanks!