Tuesday, November 14. 2006
Legends of Christmas: SPIDERS in the Christmas Tree...
One Christmas Eve long ago, a mother busily cleaned her house in preparation for the next day’s celebration. The cleaning, of course, included dusting for cobwebs so the spiders living in the house were banished to the far corners of the attic. The Christmas tree was to be a surprise, so after the children of the house were asleep, the mother carefully decorated the tree which was placed where the children would see it first thing in the morning. When the house was dark for the night, the spiders left their hiding places, and when they saw the beautiful tree, they began creeping from one branch to the other, spinning their webs, until the entire tree was covered. When Santa Claus arrived in the morning and saw what had happened, he was afraid the mother would be disappointed after she had worked so hard to decorate the tree, so he used his magic to turn the webs to shimmering silver and gold. Thus the tradition began to decorate the tree with glittering silver and gold, and to include a spider for good luck.
This Christmas legend has been recreated from the Hoover Library Christmas Legends Exhibit...
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