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Once upon a time, long ago, a gentle mother was
busily cleaning the house for
the most wonderful day of the year..... the day on
which the Christ child come
to bless the house. Not a speck of dust was left.
Even the spiders had been
banished from their cozy corner in the ceiling to
avoid the housewife's busy
cleaning. They finally fled to the furthest corner
of the attic.
T'was
Christmas eve at last! The tree was decorated and
waiting for the children to
see it. But the poor spiders were frantic, for they
could not see the tree,
not be present for the Christ child's visit.
But the oldest and wisest spider
suggested that perhaps they could peep through the
crack in the door to see
him. Silently, they crept out of their attic, down
the stairs, and across the
floor to wait in the crack in the threshold.
Suddenly, the door opened a wee
bit and quickly the spiders scurried into the room.
They must see the tree
closely, since their eyes weren't accustomed to the
brightness of the room. So
they crept all over the tree, up and down, over
every branch and twig and saw
everyone of the pretty things. At last they
satisfied themselves completely of
the Christmas tree's beauty.
But alas! Everywhere
they went had left their
webs, and when the little Christ child came to bless
the house he was
dismayed. He loved the little spiders, for they were
God's creatures too. But
he knew the mother, who had trimmed the tree for
little children, wouldn't
feel the same, so he touched the webs and they all
turned to
sparkling, shimmering silver and gold. Ever since
that time, we have hung
tinsel on our Christmas trees and according to the
legend, it has become a
custom to put a spider among the decorations on the
tree........
This legend is found in both Germany an in the
Ukraine.
To do the spiders I make them out
of many different things.......
For children
the easiest would be take a round Styrofoam ball for
the body and a smaller
one for the head.........
Use glue and put either
gold or silver glitter all
over it and use the same color chenille stems for
the legs.....
Make a hanger
to hang to the tree........
Also can make them out of
gold or silver pom-poms
(two different sizes one for body and one for head
and add the same color
chenille stems for the legs.........
Can cut the
stems in half and make two out
of one..........
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