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INSIDE ‘Elf,’ Family and Faith: A Recipe for the Perfect Christmas

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The Unbelievable Story of WWI’s Christmas Truce

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A BRIEF PAUSE IN THE TRENCHES THE HEARTWARMING TALE OF THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE IN WWI

Christmas is a time for kindness, yet for those in the trenches during World War I, no one expected mercy. It was Christmas Eve 1914 when British soldiers huddled in the mud-filled trenches, trying their best to ignore the harsh winter winds. Well, that was when peace broke out all along the Western Front. It became known to the world as the Christmas Truce after countless men wrote about their experiences amid the ceasefire. Records reveal the Germans called over to the British at around 10 p.m. to share some wine. At first, the British soldiers were skeptical, yet as they met halfway along the battlefield, amiable chatter and merriment began. All along the trenches on various battlefields, French, German, Belgian

and British soldiers followed the Christmas Truce. Men who were

shooting at one another the day before began to share cigarettes, sip wine and joke around. One account even recalled a soccer match between the British and German soldiers. A German lieutenant named Kurt Zehmisch wrote of the match in his diary. He wrote, “Eventually, the English brought a soccer ball from their trenches, and pretty soon a lively game ensued.” Zehmisch added, “How marvelously wonderful, yet how strange it was. The English officers felt the

same way about it. Thus, Christmas, the celebration of Love, managed to bring mortal enemies together as friends for a time.”

A depiction of the 1914 Christmas truce published on the front page of the Illustrated London News on Jan. 9, 1915

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