It’s Christmas Eve and the 100th anniversary of World War I&rsqu...  ...and the 100th anniversary of World War I’s Christmas Truce . It was not a truce hammered out by generals or diplomats, but by the...  ...Europe. Letters home described how the spirit of *stron...

[http://youtu.be/NWF2JBb1bvM] (YouTube link)It was...  ...2JBb1bvM] (YouTube link)It was 100 years ago this Christmas that British and German soldiers came out of thei...  ...oldiers came out of their World War I foxholes on Christmas Day to greet each other, exchange gifts and play...  ...ame of football in wha...

Of all the stories that came out of World War I, t...  ...s that came out of World War I, the one about the Christmas truce is the one we most enjoy retelling. It wasn't an...  ...ne we most enjoy retelling. It wasn't an official truce -in fact, officers on both sides were appalled an...  ...singing together! Bu...