The Christmas Truce

Something very interesting happened on December 25th, 1914 -- an event called the World War I Christmas Truce. What was the World War I Christmas Truce??

British and German soldiers came out of their bunkers on Christmas, sang Christmas carols together, gave each other cigarettes, and played a few games of soccer in the "No Man's Land" between the British and German lines.




Alfred Anderson, the last known survivor of that miracle, died today at the age of 109.
The story of his passing is here.

Try typing "Christmas Truce" into google.

You'll find articles from
"First World War.com
The BBC
Snopes
History1900s.com

And a few thousand more.

-Ed