At a Christmas tree decorating party, I picked up a gold spider ornament from the box, unfortunately one of the legs broke. The host rushed over to assess the breakage and proceeded to tell me about the folk legend —On Christmas eve night, the spiders sneaked into the room ,climbed onto the decorated tree, touched every branch and twig so they can see all the lovely shining things. As they crept all over the tree, they left behind a trail of spider web. When the Christ child came to bless the tree, he saw the joy of the spiders and also the mother's disappointment to see her beautiful tree shrouded in spider web. So the Christ child touched the spider webs and they turned into sparkling gold and sliver. And that's why there are tinsel on Christmas tree and a custom to include a gold or silver spider ornament among the decorations on the tree.
I am not sure what will happen to the little gold spider with the broken leg. I hope the host will fix it in time for Christmas.
Merry Christmas to all!
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