A few weeks ago, I heard a discussion of what I would consider one of the most peculiar events in the 20th Century.  The event historically is known as the Christmas Truce of 1914.  Many accounts are greatly romanticized, but certain facts come through in all the stories.  World War I had started a few months prior.  The front lines between the Germans and English were close enough that they could hear each other.  On Christmas Eve, German and British soldiers began singing Christmas carols to each other across no-man's-land.  On Christmas Day, some German soldiers stood up from the trenches, … [Read more...]