Be sure to follow Veterans for Peace if you’re on Twitter! They reminded us about this wonderful moment in history:
#vets4peace remembers the #ChristmasTruce of #1914, when German and British soldiers refused to fight. #peacepic.twitter.com/EMyqwDM6VZ
— Veterans For Peace (@VFPNational) December 12, 2013
This Christmas, be sure to watch Joyeaux Noel (2005): On Christmas Eve during world War I, the Germans, French, and Scottish fraternize and get to know the men who live on the opposite side of a brutal war, in what became a true lesson of humanity.