jawoll: der gingerbread man ist ein märli

In the story, an elderly couple live in a little house. The wife one day decides to bake a biscuit. She takes the gingerbread dough and turns it into the shape of a man and bakes it. She then decorates it to give him eyes, shirt buttons, a mouth and other accessories.
When he was done cooking, the couple go to eat him. He comes to life and runs away, yelling "Don't eat me." The couple try to stop him but he jumps out the window yelling "Run, run, run as fast you can! You can't catch me, I'm The Gingerbread Man!" They run after him.
He runs into the woods where he meets a pig, who talks to him, wanting to eat him. The Gingerbread Man runs from the pig yelling "Run, run, run as fast you can! You can't catch me, I'm The Gingerbread Man!"
He is chased by the pig until he runs into a cow, who also wants to eat him. He once again yells his quote and keeps running. He meets a horse, who also wants to eat him. But he yells again and keeps running.
With the couple, the pig, cow, and horse all chasing him, he stays ahead of them all until he comes to a river. He can't cross it as it would make him soggy and fall apart. With the hungry animals chasing him he has to figure out a way across the river. He meets a fox there who offers to help him. The fox tells him to get on his back and the fox then swims through the river. The fox tells him that the water is getting deeper and he'll have to get up onto his head. The fox continues to do this until The Gingerbread Man is on his nose. He then tosses The Gingerbread Man into the air and catches him in his mouth before eating him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gingerbread_Man

Hier noch die lange version, aber spannender wirds nicht: http://members.tripod.com/ah_coo/gingerbread_man.htm

Und was das alles mit weihnachten zu tun hat, weiss glaubs niemand.