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God is always a God of wonders.
This new thread and so shortly after sister For His Glory posted this , "As I have heard the 25 of Dec is the only day of the year that the world is pretty much at peace with each other until the next day. When my brother was in Desert Storm both sides would put down arms that day." In the discussion, It's Dec. 17th. Where in the bible does it tell us to celebrate Jesus' birth?
The Christmas Truce has become one of the most famous and mythologised events of the First World War. But what was the real story behind the truce? Why did it happen and did British and German soldiers really play football in no-man's land?
Late on Christmas Eve 1914, men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing carols and patriotic songs and saw lanterns and small fir trees along their trenches. Messages began to be shouted between the trenches.
The following day, British and German soldiers met in no man's land and exchanged gifts, took photographs and some played impromptu games of football. They also buried casualties and repaired trenches and dugouts. After Boxing Day, meetings in no man's land dwindled out.
The truce was not observed everywhere along the Western Front. Elsewhere the fighting continued and casualties did occur on Christmas Day. Some officers were unhappy at the truce and worried that it would undermine fighting spirit.
After 1914, the High Commands on both sides tried to prevent any truces on a similar scale happening again. Despite this, there were some isolated incidents of soldiers holding brief truces later in the war, and not only at Christmas.
It seems fitting that I comment in this thread, having been absent from here so much recently.
MerryChristmas to all at CF. Life is still very busy, the new year holds some challenges and maybe one small promise - we will see where this year leads.
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