This may be what you are looking for. It is a mix of historical fiction and
Christmas fantasy involving an immigrant Ukranian family in Canada during WWI. It
does have the spider and the miracle tree.
Silver threads
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch ; illustrated by Michael Martchenko.
Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, c2004.
[30] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 26 cm.
or you may be looking for –
The legend of the Christmas spider
written by Julie Puntch ; illustrated by Christine Felicelli.
Roselle, Ill. : Roman, c1993.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm. (source incomplete if this is the German or
Ukrainian version)
These are others with similar story lines involving Christmas and a spider and a
miracle, but are from other Northern European origins:
The cobweb curtain : a Christmas story
by Jenny Koralek ; illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
New York : H. Holt, 1989.
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 28 cm. (Polish origin)
The Christmas cobwebs
Odds Bodkin ; illustrated by Terry Widener.
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 2001.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm. (German origin)
Brian Dorph/ High School Social Studies Teacher/ (currently MLS student)
Teacher Reassignment Center/ NYCDOE
bridroph@msn.com
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