It's time for
Rain's Thursday Art Date. Her theme this week is 'Holiday Stories, Carols and Lore'. I found the
perfect story or lore on Pam's blog and decided to share it here today, along with my 'Carol' piece. It is a silhouette of two lovers in profile. Floating above them are hearts, stars and music notes along with the letters spelling out the carol 'O Holy Night' .
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If you have trouble reading the story above, here is the gist of this European folk tale 'Legend of the Christmas Spider' from
Wikipedia.
'A poor but hardworking widow once lived in a small hut with her children. One summer day, a pine cone fell on the earthen floor of the hut and took root. The widow's children cared for the tree, excited at the prospect of having a Christmas tree by winter. The tree grew, but when Christmas Eve arrived, they could not afford to decorate it. The children sadly went to bed and fell asleep. Early the next morning, they woke up and saw the tree covered with cobwebs. When they opened the windows, the first rays of sunlight touched the webs and turned them into gold and silver. The widow and her children were overjoyed. From then on, they never lived in poverty again'
That#s a lovely story, I wish my spiders would hang around on tinsel! Have a great day, thanks for sharing, Valerie
ReplyDeletethat is a very wonderful story with pictures, Christine thank you for participating!
ReplyDeletehave a nice day
Elke
Christine,
ReplyDeleteLovely artwork and I like the story of the Christmas spider. I do believe I recall reading this before. When I was a kid, tinsel was a part of our decorating tradition and when our children were younger, we added it to our tree but since we began using a small tree we have not placed the shiny stuff on in years. Maybe next year if we're blessed to be in a bigger home then we can get our larger tree out of storage to fully adorn with our favorite ornaments and tinsel. Have a blessed Christmas celebration, my friend!
Such a beautiful story. And great artwork!
ReplyDeleteYour piece is lovely Christine! And I love that story of the spider, I read that on Pam's blog too, it's so sweet! Thanks so much for joining in! :)
ReplyDeleteOh I have never heard this before. I truly love this because I have a kinship to spiders. I know it sounds strange but I do. Happy day to you.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many great stories for the season.
ReplyDeleteMan, what a story! Haha
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty story and I did wonder about tinsel! Happy spiders and happy mummy!
ReplyDeleteCute couple :-D
Wonderful
ReplyDeleteI love these Christmas stories!
ReplyDeleteA lovely story, and great artwork :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Beautiful story... always I enjoy your creative art.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely evening 🎄☃🎅🎁
I love your picture of the two lovers and the timeless name of the Christmas carol above their heads with stars, hearts and musical notes. Quite original.
ReplyDeleteI do prefer mine spider-free
ReplyDeleteHaha
DeleteAt my age one would think I had heard every Christmas story, but this one, the Spider Web and Tinsel story, I have never heard it. What a delightful story. I like spiders because they protect my gardens from from those little critters who would eat my produce, so now I have even one more reason to like the spiders :) I truly enjoyed this, Christine ...
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