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Title: Cobweb Christmas: The Tradition of Tinsel by Shirley Climo, Jane Manning ISBN: 0-06-029033-1 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99

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Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A Childs Magical Christmas
Comment: I think a younger kid (4-8) would like to read this book. This book takes place at Christmas time in Germany. It is about an old lady named Tante (Auntie). Every year she decorates a Christmas tree for animals and they come enjoy the surprises she has for them. Tante doesn't like spiders so every year she wipes them away. The spiders want to see the tree, but they never get to. Read this book to see what happens to those little spiders this year.

Rating: 5
Summary: Cobweb Christmas
Comment: Cobweb Christmas is a delightful book that brings the magic of Christmas to children. Our family reads this book every Christmas Eve and is delighted year after year.

Rating: 3
Summary: Nice story but poorly presented.
Comment: A German woman cleans her house in preparation for Christmas. Then she invites her neighbors, farm animals, and wild creatures into her home to enjoy her tree. However, she never thinks to invite the spiders in. On Christmas Eve when the Christkindel comes, the spiders ask him to let them into the house to see the tree, which he does. As the spiders explore the tree, they cover it with their webs, which the Christkindel tranforms into beautiful tinsel. Thus explaining the tradition of tinsel.

I enjoyed the story but found the presentation flawed. Germans use comforters on their beds and not patchwork quilts, yet the woman is shown shaking out a patchwork quilt. In Germany, the Christkindel (Christ child) is the one who brings gifts on Christmas Eve, but he is portrayed looking like a slim, diminutive, American Santa Claus. Also, only a fraction of the many spiders shown have the requisite number of eight legs.

I enjoyed the story but will search for a different version of it before purchasing a copy for myself.

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