silent night

Around this time every year I hear about an event that happened on the battlefield in Flanders during World War I on Christmas day, 1914. The story goes that the English and German soldiers, who assumed the war would be over shortly, spent the day singing carols and playing soccer together in mutual friendship. Once Christmas was over, they returned to hostilities. I love this story, but have always doubted that it really happened. It turns out I was wrong.