Christmas Spiders

We're always learning something new here! The Legend of the Christmas Spider is an Eastern European folktale which explains the origin of tinsel on Christmas Trees. There are many versions -- Here is one:

​A widowed mother and her children were too poor to decorate their Christmas tree, so friendly spiders spun elaborate webs on the evergreen. When the family awoke on Christmas morning, they opened the curtains and the sunshine hit the webs, turning them silver and gold.

​Recently a customer was in who wanted to make one -- and we thought "what fun!" and started making them too. Now we have them hiding around the shop. See if you can find one when you come.