Christmas 1914: The day even WWI showed humanity
by Raf Casert

The Associated Press    Translate This Article
20 December 2014

On 20 December 2014 The Associated Press reported: With British and German forces separated only by a no-man's land littered with fallen comrades, sounds of a German Christmas carol suddenly drifted across the frigid air: 'Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht' ('Silent Night, Holy Night'). Then, during that first Christmas Day in World War I, something magical happened. Soldiers who had been killing each other by the tens of thousands for months climbed out of their soggy, muddy trenches to seek a shred of humanity amid the horrors of war. Hands reached out across the narrow divide, presents were exchanged, and in Flanders Fields a century ago, a spontaneous Christmas truce briefly lifted the human spirit. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the fields of world peace and culture, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

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