And today we're all brothers
Tonight we're all friends
A moment of peace in a war that never ends
Today we're all brothers
We drink and unite
Now Christmas has arrived and the snow turns the ground white

A Christmas on the frontline
We walk among our friends
We don't think about tomorrow
The battle will commence
When we celebrated Christmas
We thought about our friends
Those who never made it home
When the battle had commenced

#Sabaton #HeavyMetal #WWI #ChristmasTruce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdHkHslFIU&pp=ygUWY2hyaXNtYXMgdHJ1Y2Ugc2FiYXRvbg%3D%3D

Such a powerful #narration by #PeterCapaldi of a letter by Captain #ReginaldJohnArmes describing the #ChristmasTruce during First #WorldWar: https://youtu.be/ZQgR1h2Rogg

I've heard of and read about that brief truce during #WW1 before, but never this first hand account of it. Most notably probably for me is the song by #Sabaton: https://youtu.be/HPdHkHslFIU

Dave Brown's #RoguesGallery cartoon, after #FredericVilliers, for @Independent... #VolodymyrZelenskyy #Zelenskyy #VladimirPutin #Putin #ChristmasTruce #Ukraine #Russia #UkraineRussiaWar - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

RT @DaveBrownToons@twitter.com

Tomorrow's #RoguesGallery cartoon, after #FredericVilliers, for @Independent@twitter.com... #VolodymyrZelenskyy #Zelenskyy #VladimirPutin #Putin #ChristmasTruce #Ukraine #Russia #UkraineRussiaWar

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DaveBrownToons/status/1611415236099063835

Orthodox Christmas is today and we are only 317 items away from hitting 10k donated gifts on our US wishlist! Want to help ruin Putin's Christmas? Send a gift to Ukraine! #christmastruce #NAFO https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/HMNYO2ISQGNP/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/UkraineAidOps/status/1611314634119680001

Orthodox Christmas is today and we are only 317 items away from hitting 10k donated gifts on our US wishlist! Want to help ruin Putin's Christmas? Send a gift to Ukraine! #christmastruce #NAFO https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/HMNYO2ISQGNP/

The previously cited article mentioned that, during the #ChristmasTruce of 1914, the most desirable objects of exchange were the British brass #Christmas box and their contents, and the German "Gott mit uns" belt buckles.

(https://warontherocks.com/2020/12/the-last-gasp-of-peace-the-christmas-truce-of-1914-and-the-modern-profession-of-arms/)

Although I do not own one of the latter in its original form, I do have one that a British soldier turned into a "trench art" ashtray (again, the prominence of tobacco in the soldier's life)

Finally, the humble #British brass box brings me back to the big picture.

We are now, more than ever, aware of the #ChristmasTruce of 1914. If anything, our political proclivities may lead us exaggerate its importance (https://20committee.wordpress.com/2014/12/24/the-1914-christmas-truce/). But contemporaries certainly noted it (https://harpers.org/archive/1920/12/two-christmas-mornings-of-the-great-war/)

Among the most prized British gifts for exchange were the contents of a box such as this.

When I pick mine up, I invariably ask: What did it witness? What stories could it tell?

4/n

At 10pm EST on Christmas Eve, Repairers of the Breach will host “No War: A Moral Call for A Christmas Truce.” The call is similar to the Christmas Truce that occurred spontaneously on the front lines of World War I in 1914.

#ChristmasTruce #ukraine #Christmas #Christmas2022 #war

https://www.breachrepairers.org/latest-news/bishop-william-j-barber-ii-to-issue-moral-call-for-a-christmas-truce

https://youtu.be/HPdHkHslFIU

#Sabaton
#ChristmasTruce

#OTD in 1914, informal truces were concluded during the #Christmas season. German, French and English soldiers met on the battlefield to wish each other happy holidays and exchange gifts. #WW1 #ChristmasTruce

It's a great pity trench warfare is once again happening in Europe.
I can't see their being another #ChristmasTruce and a football match with the ruzzian orcs #sabaton
https://youtu.be/HPdHkHslFIU

#Sabaton - #ChristmasTruce (Official Music Video) #Christmas #music #metal #mustsee

"On December 24, 1914, an unofficial Christmas Truce was enforced on the Western Front. An act of trust and harmony, British and German soldiers mingled and played games together in the midst of one of the most atrocious events of the 20th century – World War I."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdHkHslFIU

Something made me think of the Christmas Truce of 1914 and I found this video that gives some of interesting information on it

Christmas Truce Video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaBJhmkDKmc

#ChristmasTruce #peace #1914

#MedeaBenjamin speaking from the platform at First #UnitarianUniversalist Church of #SanDiego advocating for #PeaceTalks and a #ChristmasTruce for the war in #Ukraine. #FirstUUSD