It's the first day of winter break, a whole week before Christmas! No school. No homework. Just you, your apron, and a kitchen full of holiday cheer. To celebrate, you've decided to make your favorite treat—gingerbread cookies. The smell of cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar fills the air as you hum along to Christmas music. You carefully pull a tray of cookies from the oven, each one shaped like a smiling little person. You set them on the counter to cool. "You look delicious," you tell them proudly. You go to grab the sprinkles but then… you hear a tiny voice yell: "Run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch me—I'm the Gingerbread Man!" You freeze. Wait—what? The cookies jump off the tray, crumbs flying! One even salutes you before diving into the sink like a gingerbread stuntman. Another bounces onto the floor and takes off toward the living room!