Make a Christmas spider ornament and surprise your guests with a crafty piece of folklore. It’s simple, fun, and perfect for ...

But, in certain parts of the world, a spider in a Christmas tree is actually a good thing, ... The Christmas Spider: A Ukrainian and Polish Tradition; Historic-UK.com: Stir-Up Sunday; RD.com, ...

During the Christmas season in Eastern Europe, especially in Ukraine, it’s common to see spiders and spider webs dangling from Christmas trees. They could be gold, silver, or a whole range of ...

Today, spider web ornaments remain a part of Ukrainian Christmas. Families handcraft them with various materials and colours, adding them to their trees alongside traditional baubles and lights.

Well, that’s what I thought too ― until I heard from Sophie Thorogood, a pest prevention specialist at Pest-Stop, who said that it’s “not uncommon to find spiders in Christmas trees.”Oh ...

Decorating the tree with baubles, tinsel and lights signals the start of Christmas for many families around the world. But in Ukraine it is tradition to use decorations that mimic spiders’ webs ...

Ukraine: Spider and the Christmas tree. In America, spider and web decorations are generally reserved for Halloween. In Ukraine, however, they're a symbol of good Christmas fortune.

Christmas trees are a fairly new tradition in Ukraine, and with time and the immigration of Ukrainians to other parts of the world, people likely began hanging the spiders on trees as well as ...

The Legend of the Christmas Spider is a European folktale that is particularly prevalent in Western Ukraine, where spiders and their webs are considered omens of good luck around Christmas time ...