World War I Christmas Miracle On the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front for Christmas 1914 The childrens' storybook. In Christmas truce started by the Germans in WWI, firing stopped the entire Western Front and the Germans put out little Christmas trees. They sang “Stille nacht, heilige nach” (Silent night, holy night), while the British responded with “O Come all ye Faithful.”There is some speculation that the stories about a truce on Christmas Day between British and German troops in World War I is a fairy tale. However, Snopes.com and a blog called Christmas Spirit seem to have proof that the story is true. In addition, veterans of WWII remember their fathers and grandfathers talking about it. In addition, one of the participating veterans of the Christmas Truce of 1914 lived until 2005, still telling the story. A letter about the truce was discovered a box of other writing materials and it i s from a young man, a British private called “Boy” by his family, in the trenches of the Western Front in WWI. He experienced the Christmas Da y Truce of 1914 and the letter is worth up to 1000 British pounds or more. The truth appears to be that at the Western Front, opposing sides even had a soccer match in No Man’s Land. The closest event to approach this one is the showing off of North and South Korean troops on either side of the DMZ with their martial arts training. It’s been going on for year but is just not the same. It is not in a good spirit, but highly competitive and threatening. In 1914, a British private wrote five pages in pencil on notebook paper. To his mother he writes, “Dear Mater…the Germans be gan placing …lights all along the edge of
