Today’s Piccolo/Price Rhymes With Orange, with a perfect XYZ (= XY + YZ) portmanteau:
(#1)
marzipandemic
= /ˈmartsəˌpæn/ marzipan + /ˌpænˈdɛmɪk/ pandemic
Apparently, a marzipan pandemic in a gingerbread world. The song for the occasion begins:
Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With gingerbread trees and a marzipan surprise
On the sugary almond meal confection marzipan, see my 11/19/17 posting “Three news bulletin for penguins”. in which the first bulletin is about marzipan penguins from the Niedegger shop in Lübeck, Germany (with information on marzipan).
(#2) A display of gorgeous marzipan food at the Niedegger Cafe
And then the gingerbread world. An illustration from the Betty Crocker Kitchens site, on 12/4/19, “How to Make a Gingerbread House”:
(#3)
