Spiders
and Tinsel.
There was a time when animals were allowed into the
house at Christmas, even the milk cow and the family pig, this was said to be
because Jesus was born in a stable amongst the animals. However, housewife’s kept the spiders out
because as everyone knows spiders are a bit messy leaving cobwebs all over the
place. It appears no one noticed the cow
pats, pig droppings etc.
When Santa arrived on Christmas Eve the spiders were
very upset at being excluded and appealed to him for his help. Santa let them
in so they could see the Christmas tree and they became so excited that they
began to spin webs all over it. Santa
decided that the webs looked so pretty as they glistened in the moonlight he
turned them into tinsel, the housewife’s were delighted and from that day
onwards spiders have lived with humans.
And that is the story of how we came to have tinsel
upon the Christmas tree.
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