Christmas Legend of the Bird Nest

I want to share a post I did a few years ago about a sweet gift you can give to friends, neighbors or coworkers.  It is a sweet homemade gift that is not expensive or hard to make.  It has a lot of sweet meaning.

Old German Legend says if you find a Christmas tree with a bird nest in it then you will have good luck and prosperity all year long.
Cute personal story at the end of this post to share if you care to read it.
I have made this bird nest gifts in the past.
Here is how I make these.
They make a great neighbor gift or hostess gift.

I got these light blue and cream spotted eggs at Hobby Lobby.  The are not expensive especially when you get them for 40% off.

I also bought the nests at Hobby Lobby.  

I found these picks at Walmart.

I pushed the pick through the bottom of the nest.  It was easy peasy.

Then I wrote up the legend on the back of a Christmas Card and ran them off on my printer.  This was the copy I made for our neighbors years back when we still had our sweet Buddy.

I glued the eggs into the nest and then tied the nests off in a cello bag and added the card/tag to the bag.  Ready for gift giving.

Have a great rest of the week.  Now on to the baking, gift buying, decorating fun of Christmas.

Hugs,
Kris

Cute story about growing up in Michigan and why this nest story means something to me.  

When I was in second grade we learned about the legend of finding a Christmas tree with a nest in it would bring you good luck.

Well when you grow up in Michigan we traditionally would go and cut down our own real Christmas tree each year.  

 I grew up with three brothers and was the only girl.  My dad and brothers and I headed out to find the our Christmas tree that year.  I was insistent on finding one with a bird nest in it for our tree.  My dad being patient said ok then let's try to find one with a nest in it.

It was cold and we walked through looking for that perfect tree with a nest.  My brothers were not real happy about me learning about this legend and convincing my dad we needed to find a tree with a bird nest in it.  

After a few hours and we were really cold  but we actually did find a tree with a nest.  I think that was a miracle in itself.

Back in the day we did not have the little Italian lights like we have now.  We had 9C bulbs that were the bigger bulbs and pretty common for decorating your tree.  

We also had icicles that we would decorate all over the tree made of a thin foil like material.  Actually these have come back into todays decor for your tree.  

We put up the tree and I was so excited we had that special tree.

Right before we headed out to Christmas Eve at my grandparents our tree had a short in the lights and the tree branch sparked and started to burn. 

Yep true story!

Thankful we were still home and the fire was caught before leaving for Christmas Eve.  I remember my brothers walking away snickering "so much for your lucky tree".  

I felt so crushed the tree burned one of the branches and the lights were out on our tree.  

My dad looked at me and said this is the luckiest tree ever and the legend is true.  

He said the nest gave us good luck to still be home to catch the fire from the faulty lights. This tree was indeed a lucky tree and brought us luck that night.  

After that I looked at the tree as the prettiest and best tree we ever had.   I love this memory and it's been fun through the years to share the nests with family,   friends and neighbors.

These really make wonderful gifts for people to put in their tree each year.