In seeking hope for the future, we can take another, broader look at the past to remind ourselves that there is always hope in humanity.
At the end of 1914, the world found itself in difficult circumstances. World War I had begun that summer and many soldiers were facing their first winter in war trenches. However, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, troops on all sides experienced a remarkable change of heart.
As early as November 1914, certain British and German units ceased fire to allow time for collecting food.
One British soldier even noted that a German sergeant stopped by to see how the British side was doing!
And on Christmas Eve, along the Western Front, a truce settled in.
As German soldiers decorated their trenches with Christmas trees and candles and sang Christmas carols, British troops did the same. Because the trenches were so close to each other, the soldiers shouted holiday greetings across No Man’s Land. Eventually they even ventured across the divide to exchange presents such as food, cigarettes, buttons, and hats.
In some areas, the truce between troops continued into Christmas Day. Soldiers from all sides gathered and exchanged pleasantries, discussing news from soccer leagues, the weather, and even messages from their sweethearts at home. One Scottish captain, Sir Edward Hulse, organized a Christmas concert that specifically included German Christmas songs. Some soldiers played soccer together while others buried their dead.
For as many as 10,000 troops, it was a day of peace and brotherhood in which soldiers from opposing sides were no longer enemies but humans—friends, even—who mattered like they mattered.
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In seeking hope for the future, we can take another, broader look at the past to remind ourselves that there is always hope in humanity.
At the end of 1914, the world found itself in difficult circumstances. World War I had begun that summer and many soldiers were facing their first winter in war trenches. However, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, troops on all sides experienced a remarkable change of heart.
As early as November 1914, certain British and German units ceased fire to allow time for collecting food.
One British soldier even noted that a German sergeant stopped by to see how the British side was doing!
And on Christmas Eve, along the Western Front, a truce settled in.
As German soldiers decorated their trenches with Christmas trees and candles and sang Christmas carols, British troops did the same. Because the trenches were so close to each other, the soldiers shouted holiday greetings across No Man’s Land. Eventually they even ventured across the divide to exchange presents such as food, cigarettes, buttons, and hats.
In some areas, the truce between troops continued into Christmas Day. Soldiers from all sides gathered and exchanged pleasantries, discussing news from soccer leagues, the weather, and even messages from their sweethearts at home. One Scottish captain, Sir Edward Hulse, organized a Christmas concert that specifically included German Christmas songs. Some soldiers played soccer together while others buried their dead.
For as many as 10,000 troops, it was a day of peace and brotherhood in which soldiers from opposing sides were no longer enemies but humans—friends, even—who mattered like they mattered.