French Tradition Stories | The Legend of the Fir Tree: Why Do People Use Fir Trees as Christmas Trees?

The Christmas tree is a major symbol of Christmas, but do you know its story?
Today, Sister Ou is here to recommend a traditional French story: the legend of the fir tree (La légende du sapin). We together look!
La légende du sapin | The legend of the fir tree
A long time ago, in a forest, because winter came, all the birds were ready to fly to warm countries.
However, a bird fell off a branch and broke one of its wings, so it couldn't fly away with its relatives and friends. The bird watched sadly as the other birds left the forest. It especially wanted to accompany them, but there was really no way to go. It just realized that this year it is going to spend the winter in the forest...
It snowed heavily in the forest, the bird was cold and hungry, and the wound had not healed. Its wings hurt again. The little bird was so pitiful that it asked several trees if they could shelter it for a while, but they all refused it...
Only one fir tree agreed to shelter the bird, all the other trees despised the fir tree and thought it was ugly, and the bird ignored them. It finally found new friends in the cold winter!
That day, a storm broke out, and all the trees that mocked the fir tree lost their leaves and became extremely ugly! This is because the spirit of winter saved the branches of the fir tree during the storm in thanks to the fir tree for its kindness to the birds.
So, in winter, only the fir tree stays green in color, and it becomes the symbol of Christmas: the Christmas tree. Now people hang decorations during Christmas to celebrate the arrival of Christmas.
Said in French:
Petit: small; small
Un oiseau: bird; bird
Un arbre: a tree; a tree
Un sapin: fir tree; fir tree
La neige: snow; snow
Sapin de Nol: christmas tree; Christmas tree
Nol:christmas;Christmas