• December 24th, 1914, in the damp trenches of Europe, not a sound to be heard but of singing, back and forth “Silent night!”…“Stille nacht!” in a place of bobwire, dead, and the dieing, all the violence and blood shed is put aside. Next morning, a German officer dares to pop his head out of his hole, he then proceeds to make his way across the dreaded no mans land, but he bears not a riffle, but a small christmas tree with candles. At first the british thought a trap to soon come, but then another German comes out, unarmed, fallowed by more, all the while singing. Then a British soilder slowly creps out, and another and another, when they meet, they just shake eachothers hand, not needing to say anything, understanding that this time is no time for more death and destruction, no family wants to here about how their son, father, or uncle, was killed on christmas. And so they shook hands, shared storys, and exchanged gifts, a rare ocurinse of two rivals, anyone who could have killed the others friend, or kill eachother one day, but for now, all is forgoten and joy and cheer is in the air. Only to have the next day be filled with the sound of artiliry and gun fire again.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce


  • War, for the troops who are actually doing the fighting, is not about killing, but rather about surviving today and seeing tomarrow. All soldiers want peace. and Christmas day is the day that christians celibate the birth of the Prince of Peace. :-)

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