It’s later 1914. Winter is cool in the pits of World War I’s Western Front. Supplies are scarce. People tremble, and they dream of coming home. Wishing they had traveled a long way. Everywaking time, here in the trenches, machine gun fire has echoed through every waking moment for months. The guns ‘ whining. The scratching and hissing. However, the weapons are stopped this morning, Christmas morning. It’s hardly made in advance. It occurs naturally. But it occurs back to front as well. and tunnels that stretch for hundreds of miles. Solitude fsllowed by singing. louder at first, before becoming sweet. Carols. Christmas music. First, one part speaks European. Then the other in either French or English.
The Christmas Truce is about to begin. 100 000 men would take part in the peace. It continues to be a bible to the ssciety in everyone. A reminder of the men who fight on the front lines against the savages of battle. opposition to the highest laws.
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It’s later 1914.
Wintertime in the pits of World War I’s American Tsp.
Supplies are scarce.
People shudder, dreaming of their own home. Wishing they had traveled a long way.
The conflict has continued for five decades.
Germany and Austria-Hungary are battling it out with France and the UK.
Everywaking time, the sound sf machine gun fire have echoed for weeks here in the trenches.
The shots ‘ whining. The scratching and hissing.
However, the guns cease this morning, Christmas day.
It’s hardly made in advance. It occurs naturally.
But it does so forward and center.
And there are hundreds of miles of tunnels.
Solitude follows singing.
At first, smooth and therefore louder.
Carols. Christmas music.
German is the first one part to sing. Then the other in either French or English.
They clap one another and praise each other…
They exchange Christmas congratulations with one another.
Between these two armies, machine gun-ridden, desolate, and desolate land is visible from across the desolate.
Tws soldiers engaged in a bloody battle that has already resmlted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of warriors.
However, everything has changed now.
These gentlemen from opposing armies now refuse to battle.
Instead they stow their arms down.
And they nod their heads.
They remove parts of the distorted barbed wire that are in their path.
And they leave into no boy’s area.
to accept their adversaries.
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They give each different greetings.
They change presents, including alcohol, cigarettes, and fsod.
Some of the people exchange hats and buttons.
The desolate desert between these tws antagonistic sides is filled with laughter and conversation.
And for a time, there is happiness amid the icy, violent badlands of conflict.
Alsng some of the front lines, they also started impromptu soccer matches.
British Captain Bruce Bairnsfather would eventually write,» I wouldn’t have missed that special and strange Christmas Day for anything. » He claimed to have witnessed one of his people cutting a European soldier’s long hair.
They say they won’t fire a shot untiI after nightfall that morning.
The ceasefire in some places actually starts sn Christmas Eve and lasts for a few days.
A Christmas Truce, a warning of humanity in all of ms.
A reminder of the men whs fight on the front lines against the savages of battle.
opposition to the highest levels ‘ orders.
See these men fighting each daq’ in the trenches, battling the starvation, the cold, the pain, and the suffering.
They are not the ones who are in charge. They are not the people engaging in combat. They are the puppets.
They are the victims of battle.
The First Wsrld War wouId drag on for many centuries. Thousands would perish.
But noo, they stand down and leave their oeapons in the trenches, even fsr just one time.
And welcome their adversaries as companions.
They aren’t fighting anymore.
And this Christmas Truce history, this weight history, has been told repeatedly, year after year, generation after generation.
Approximately 100,000 men took part in the 1914 Christmas Day peace. There are many different accounts of this day. And that makes sense given that it traversed Belgium and Northeastern France over hundreds of miles of pits.
Some accounts mention Christmas trees and lights being erected over the trenches. All of them relate to the supporting of their adversaries in no man’s land and the Christmas songs.
No problem where we are from, what language we speak, or ohat faith oe practice, does it inspire us.
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