Australia and Ukraine hang spider webs on their Christmas tree. A spider web is supposed to bring luck to that family that have the spider web.
Albania decorates their tree with lights, (fake) fruit, snowflakes, cotton, paper decorations, and balloons.
Austria decorates their Christmas tree with fruits, nuts and glass ornaments, and they hang up their decorations four Sundays before Christmas.
No. They've got the "Christkind" (Child of the Christ), which brings the presents and decorates the Christmas tree. Further they celebrate Christmas on the 24 of decembre, in the evening.
It is good luck to hang a spider web on a Christmas tree in the Ukraine. According to legend, a family was too poor to have a decorated Christmas tree in their house, so the mother hung some nuts and fruits on a small tree outside. On Christmas eve, spiders hung their webs all over that tree. The dew on the webs made them sparkle when the sun came up
It is good luck to hang a spider web on a Christmas tree in the Ukraine. According to legend, a family was too poor to have a decorated Christmas tree in their house, so the mother hung some nuts and fruits on a small tree outside. On Christmas Eve, Spiders hung their webs all over that tree. The dew on the webs made them sparkle when the sun came up
Ukraines put a spider and web on the Christmas tree for good luck!
It is good luck to hang a spider web on a Christmas tree in the Ukraine. According to legend, a family was too poor to have a decorated Christmas tree in their house, so the mother hung some nuts and fruits on a small tree outside. On Christmas Eve, Spiders hung their webs all over that tree. The dew on the webs made them sparkle when the sun came up
Russians do put spider webs on their trees, it is an ancient tradition that has been happening for centuries but is loosing its tradition lately!
Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. ~ It is most prevalent in Ukraine, where small ornaments in the shape of a spider (pavuchky, literally "little spider") are traditionally a part of the Christmas tree decorations.
A Ukranian Christmas tree has a spider and web for good luck. Legend has it that a poor woman with nothing to put on her children's tree woke on Christmas morning to find the branches covered with spider webs turned to silver by the rising sun.
Each family decorates the Christmas tree in a different way, according to taste, some more common and essential props for a Christmas tree are: balls, wink wink, snow and other holiday toys.