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TIL Ukrainians hang fake spiders/webs on their Christmas tree because of a folklore about an impoverished widow who couldn't afford to buy any holiday decorations. The spiders in her house heard her cries and added webs on her pine tree, which glittered gold and silver in the morning.

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