"We and the Germans met in the middle of no-man's-land."Frank Richards was a British soldier who experienced the "Christmas Truce". We join his story on Christmas morning 1914: ADVERTISMENT "On Christmas morning we stuck up a board with 'A Merry Christmas' on it. The enemy had stuck...
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Over the past few decades, I’ve come to see winter as a time to pull inward, a time for personal reflection, and a time to breath in the wonder and awe in the world around me. The story that most connects me to the power of this special time is the one that John McCutcheon sing...
The Last Christmas Cardby Laura Briggs and Sarah Steinbrenner Christmas in the Trenchesby John McCutcheon and Henri Sorensen Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truceby Stanley Weintraub Christmas 1945: The Greatest Celebration in American Historyby Matthew Litt ...
the anglicized Santa Claus. But the enduring details of Santa’s story—the red suit, rotund belly and reindeer-pulled flying sleigh—were popularized by the 1822 poem “An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas” with its immortal first line, “‘Twas the night before Christmas…”Readmore...
Whether you're looking for a flick for the whole family or something to watch sans-kids, we've rounded up the best Christmas movies of all-time that will definitely get you in the holiday spirit.
If you're in the mood for something fun and happy to watch on Christmas this year, look no further than these animated movies and holiday cartoon films.
It sounds like a good Christmas story for a movie but... it's good to remember: it really did happen. Merry Christmas!
One new recruit got his feet stuck in it, and then his hands too when he tried to get out—just like in that American story of the tar baby! Through all this, we couldn’t help feeling curious about the German soldiers across the way. After all, they faced the same dangers we did...
A Time magazine story on the 100 anniversary claimed that as many as 100,000 people took part. Not Everyone Was Pleased With the Truce At least one account has survived of a Christmas Truce gone bad: the story of Private Percy Huggins, a Briton who was relaxing in No Man’s Land ...