131205 Gingerbread 2

James Neiss/staff photographerNiagara Falls, NY -Student Renee Kopera, from West Seneca, uses confection grout on one of the many gingerbread dwellings, part of NCCC’s Niagara Falls Culinary Institute Santa’s Gingerbread Village that is set to open on Friday, December 6 at 6 PM with the arrival of Santa Claus himself. The life-size student constructed gingerbread village features Santa’s House, as well as different themed facades developed by NFCI’s Baking & Pastry Arts students in conjunction with Pastry instructor Cathy Barron.