He's now a full-time gingerbread man. He bakes the gingerbread himself with brown sugar, ginger and cinnamon. He estimates he has baked a combined 25,000 pounds of gingerbread in his career.

Self-appointed Big Apple gingerbread man, Jon Lovtich of Queens, has erected another decadent Yuletide display for the tradition’s 30th anniversary — and it’s the first time his record ...