Christmas Ornaments and More for Music Lovers

Long ago, German families allowed their animals to come inside and view the Christmas trees on Christmas Eve. The Christ Child was born in a stable, the families felt that since animals were there at the birth, they should be allowed to attend the celebration.

All except the spiders.

Spiders weren't allowed into the house because nobody wanted their webs all over everything.

The spiders were unhappy about this, so one year they complained to the Christ Child, who decided, one year, that he would allow them into the house to see the decorations. The spiders were filled with wonder as they entered the house, and went immediately to the tree...climbing up, then lowering themselves on their little silken strands of web. They didn't miss seeing a single ornament. They didn't miss visiting a single branch. And when it came time to leave they realized, to their horror, that then entire tree was covered with their webs.

On Christmas morning the families saw what the spiders had done. But instead of being angry, the people were delighted. During the night, after the spiders had left, the Christ Child had turned all of the webs into sparkling tinsel.

And to this day people decorate their trees with tinsel to remember the Christmas sparkle that the Christ Child gave the spider webs long ago, in Germany. And in many homes, especially in Europe, you'll find one or more tiny spider ornaments to commemorate the story.