On Christmas Eve in 1914, many men were in the trenches fighting the war, but the spirit of Christmas halted the conflict for ...

The 1914 Christmas Truce wasn’t universal, and it didn’t last, but it’s become one of war’s most retold on-screen moments: ...

In the early stages of the First World War, Brits and Germans came together on the frontlines to pause the fighting for ...

On Christmas 1914, thousands of WWI enemies briefly laid down their guns, meeting in No Man’s Land to sing carols, swap gifts and even play soccer.

Between minefields and barbed-wire fences, millions of soldiers faced each other in trenches along the Western Front, sometimes only some 30 meters apart. The combat zone stretched from the English ...

This article was originally published in 2019. The story of the Christmas Truce of 1914 is often considered “played out,” ...

On Dec. 24, 1914, during World War I, impromptu Christmas truces began to take hold along parts of the Western Front between ...

The sun rises over a reconstructed WWI trench in Ploegsteert, Belgium. (Virginia Mayo/AP) By late December 1914 World War I had been raging for nearly five months. Had anyone really believed it would ...

But for one moment in 1914, there came a Christmas miracle. The soldiers in the trenches stopped fighting, and for a moment, there was peace on the battlefield. This came to be called the Christmas ...

It is common to regard Christmas as a time of family gatherings, gift giving, and traditions. Today, we often regard Christmas as a moment of fellowship and harmony. But for the people of 1914, ...

Christmas diplomacy endures because it stands at the crossroads of culture, power and politics. The season brings with it a ...

According to The History Channel’s Christmas Truce of 1914: ...