<p>&ldquo;Traditions&rdquo; are customs beliefs or practices that are handed down from generation to generation. They are timeless perhaps starting thousands of years ago or maybe just yesterday.</p><p><em>Hobie the Christmas Spider</em> is a story created from a bit of Germanic folklore about an Old World tradition...only from the perspective of the spiders! It teaches children about the love Jesus has for all living creatures &ndash; humans and animals from the very large and sophisticated to the tiniest and seemingly most insignificant ones of all. It is a story of love and the &ldquo;magic&rdquo; of Christmas.</p>