Webkins are actually high tech gadgetry that are secretly monitoring your every move. Be careful when you step out of the shower. Big brother might be watching!
Is there such a thing? Huh. If there is it is a plot perpetrated by the caramel industry to boosts sales by tieing (sp? that just looks wrong) it's product to caffeine.
Are you refering to the custom of painting Victorian homes with lots of "gingerbread" details in many bright and contrasting colors? The historical societies like it... they say it is "authentic"