Christmas Bonus : The Christmas Truce of 1914

War is hell. Trench warfare is a special kind of hell. What’s special is finding out that the men across the stretch that nobody crosses have more in common with you than the leaders sending you to your death is something special. Every once in a while, in the most inhuman times, soldiers find common ground. 

Today we're all brothers

Tonight we're all friends

A moment of peace in a war that never ends

Today we're all brothers

We drink and unite

Now Christmas has arrived and the snow turns the ground white

Hear carols from the trenches

We sing O Holy Night

Our guns laid to rest among snowflakes

A Christmas in the trenches

A Christmas on the front far from home.