According to Ukraine.com, the legend of The Christmas Spider states there was once a widow who lived with her children, and the family was too poor to afford Christmas decorations. One day, the widow's children were excited to see that a tree had naturally taken root near their home. Perhaps the family could have a Christmas tree after all, or so the children thought. As Britannica notes, the traditional Christmas tree has roots in Eastern Europe, including Germany, near Ukraine.
Though unable to decorate their hatchling Christmas tree, the widow's children nonetheless took care of the plant, but they went to bed on Christmas Eve resigned to the fact its branches would remain bare. Poverty of this sort was common all throughout Ukrainian history, as Ukraine.com notes. When the widow and her children woke up the next morning, though, a miracle seemingly transpired, and a whole new Christmas tradition was born.
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