La leggenda del Pettirosso.

[Smemorina]

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La leggenda del Pettirosso.

Un piccolo uccellino marrone divideva la stalla a Betlemme con la Sacra famiglia.
La notte, mentre la famiglia dormiva, notò che il fuoco si stava spegnendo.
Così volò giù verso le braci e tenne il fuoco vivo con il movimento delle ali per tutta la notte, per tenere al caldo Gesù bambino.
Al mattino, era stato premiato con un bel petto rosso brillante come simbolo del suo amore per il neonato re.
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1139/loveb1vo8.gif (http://imageshack.us)

The legend of the Pettirosso.
A small bird brown divided the stable to Betlemme with the Sacred family. The night, while the family slept, noticed that the fire was being extinguished. Therefore it flew down towards live coals and it held the alive fire with the movement of the wings for all the night, in order to hold to the Jesus warmth child. To the morning, it had been rewarded with a beautiful shining red chest like symbol of its love for the baby king.

[sheepsnot]

Wonderful sentiment, but where do these stories come from?

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

:-) If I'm not mistaken that's the story of the Christmas Robin.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y273/AuntieMistletoe/bird61.gif The Christmas Robin by Joe Moore

"The Little Robin flapped his frozen wings faster as the severe frost invaded his entire body. He flew over the rooftops of the town as night was falling, trying desperately to find a place to shelter from the bitter cold December weather.
Finally, almost completely exhausted, he alighted on the roof of a stable, as the flickering snowflakes bounced off his frozen feathers."

The robin meets a few animals in the barn and a couple with a newborn baby. The robin saves the Babe from the cold and becomes known throughout the universe as the messenger of the Christ child.

"The true herald of Christmas. You are destined to travel the world fore-telling the advent of the saviour of mankind, and you will be part of the message of Christmas until the end of time and will always be known as the Christmas Robin."

Where do they come from? From people who love Christmas.

[Jeff Westover]

Yep, this is a pretty old one when it comes to legends. For years it bothered me to see robins and cardinals and such in Christmas cards and I didn't understand it until I heard this story.

[sheepsnot]

I always thought birds showed up on Christmas cards because some lucky folks have birds year round. A robin at Christmas was unheard of when I was growing up. Cardinals add beautiful color to any card.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d145/dandsf480/cardinals-lg.jpg

[Ervserver]

a bright red Cardinal against a crisp white snow....don't get any better than that.