The truce lasted for a varying amount of time. In some areas it was just Christmas Eve or Christmas Day itself. But elsewhere the truce endured for several days. Indeed, once the truce was ...

exchange gifts and even play football. With archive recordings from the BBC and testimony from the Imperial War Museum. Image: British and German troops make a Christmas and New Year truce at the ...

and even played football. Now, that’s a powerful Christ-mas Carol! It inspired a truce on the front lines of World War I. And, isn’t that why we go to church (on Christmas Eve or anytime?) ...

They shared drinks, played football, embraced ... A soldier writes in his diary about the events of the famous Christmas Truce during the first year of World War 1. The truce begins with the ...