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This December marks the centennial of the famous ceasefire along the Western Front during World War I. On Christmas Eve, 1914, along the four-hundred-mile frontline, enemy soldiers spontaneously emerged from their trenches, arms laid aside, to celebrate Christ’s birth together. They sang carols, exchanged gifts (jams and candies, cigarettes, newspapers), kicked around a soccer ball,…

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Credit to @all_thats_interesting : On Christmas Eve in 1914, German and British soldiers located on the Western Front agreed to a truce, suspending combat until after the holiday. Together, they sang Christmas carols, shared food and cigarettes, and played football in No Man's Land. Most importantly, it provided both sides with time to collect deceased soldiers from the field and bury them as a gesture of kindness and civility.⁠ ⁠ Read more about the Christmas Truce of World War 1 Christmas Truce, Christmas Meme, Red Baron, British Soldier, Day 6, Christmas 2022, Historical Events, Wall Street Journal, A Christmas Story

Credit to @all_thats_interesting : On Christmas Eve in 1914, German and British soldiers located on the Western Front agreed to a truce, suspending combat until after the holiday. Together, they sang Christmas carols, shared food and cigarettes, and played football in No Man's Land. Most importantly, it provided both sides with time to collect deceased soldiers from the field and bury them as a gesture of kindness and civility.⁠ ⁠ Read more about the Christmas Truce of World War 1

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This is a statue by Andy Edwards entitled “All Together Now” which for the next few days will be on display in St Luke’s, Liverpool’s famous “bombed out church”. The figures are about to shake hands standing over a football which relates to the time that British and German soldiers paused, apparently to play football on Christmas Day 1914. The hands do not quite meet which allows one to place a hand between them, joining the act of all too brief sanity on that day. The figures will leave Li.... Christmas Classroom Treats, Christmas Truce, Liverpool History, St Luke, All Together Now, Memorial Statues, Liverpool Home, Saint Luke, Liverpool City

This is a statue by Andy Edwards entitled “All Together Now” which for the next few days will be on display in St Luke’s, Liverpool’s famous “bombed out church”. The figures are about to shake hands standing over a football which relates to the time that British and German soldiers paused, apparently to play football on Christmas Day 1914. The hands do not quite meet which allows one to place a hand between them, joining the act of all too brief sanity on that day. The figures will leave…

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