I remember making them with my Mom a few times when I was little. She baked and decorated Wedding Cakes as a side-line, so she rarely had time for things that weren’t bringing in money. ;)
I never made them with my boys - because they were all 100% BOY, though a niece and I made them together a few times. Good memories. :)
I think the White House always has a gingerbread house at Christmas:
http://www.whitehousehistory.org/collections/the-white-house-in-gingerbread
http://www.whitehousehistory.org/galleries/gingerbread-at-the-white-house