A long time ago in Germany a mother was busily cleaning for Christmas. The spiders fled up stairs to the attic to escape the broom. When the house became quiet the spiders slowly crept downstairs for a peek. Oh what a beautiful tree ! In their excitement they scurried up the trunk and out along each branch. They were filled with happiness as they climbed amongst the glittering beauty. But alas by the time they were through climbing the tree, it was completely shrouded in their dusty grey spider webs.
When Santa Claus came with the gifts for the children and saw the tree covered with spider webs, he smiled as he saw how happy the spiders were. But he knew how heart broken the mother would be if she saw the tree covered in dusty webs. So he turned the webs into silver and gold, The tree sparkled and shimmered and was even more beautiful than before.
That is why we have tinsel on our trees and why every tree should have a Christmas spider in its branches.
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What a charming legend ... it's magical. Thanks for sharing it with us! :-)
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