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Post by Morgan Sierra on Dec 19, 2010 13:45:42 GMT -6
This is an article about an unofficial cease-fire that took place during World War 1 on Christmas day 1914. I think it is a fascinating example of the true spirit of Christmas. The full article can be found here... www.firstworldwar.com/features/christmastruce.htmYou are standing up to your knees in the slime of a waterlogged trench. It is the evening of 24 December 1914 and you are on the dreaded Western Front.
Stooped over, you wade across to the firing step and take over the watch. Having exchanged pleasantries, your bleary-eyed and mud-spattered colleague shuffles off towards his dug out. Despite the horrors and the hardships, your morale is high and you believe that in the New Year the nation's army march towards a glorious victory.
But for now you stamp your feet in a vain attempt to keep warm. All is quiet when jovial voices call out from both friendly and enemy trenches. Then the men from both sides start singing carols and songs. Next come requests not to fire, and soon the unthinkable happens: you start to see the shadowy shapes of soldiers gathering together in no-man's land laughing, joking and sharing gifts.
Many have exchanged cigarettes, the lit ends of which burn brightly in the inky darkness. Plucking up your courage, you haul yourself up and out of the trench and walk towards the foe...
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Post by starkiller on Dec 19, 2010 19:09:33 GMT -6
I like stories like this. It shows what the true spirit of Christmas is all about. If enemy soldiers can lay down their weapons and get along with each other for a day, then anybody can.
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