“You will no doubt be surprised to hear that we spent our Christmas in the trenches after all and that Christmas Day was a very happy one.

It was published January 9, 1915, in the Hertfordshire Mercury. The following is an extract from a letter written home by Rifleman C H Brazier of the Queen’s Westminsters of Bishops Stortford. While each of these accounts is inspiring, this first-person account is the most inspiring. Made in conjunction with the Royal British Legion, Sainsbury’s shares an authentic storytelling that’s incredibly inspiring, simply beautiful, and enjoyable storytelling. It was produced to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the Christmas Truce of 1914. One of my favorite dramatic portrayals of this remarkable event was produced in 2014 as a “Christmas Advert” for the Sainsbury grocery chain in England. When the Baron cried out, “Merry Christmas, my friend!” Or was it the bells from the village below…Īnd forced him to land behind the enemy lines Why he didn’t shoot, well, we’ll never know He reached for the trigger to pull it up tight I was tempted to sing along with The Royal Guardsman on their 1967 hit ballad, Snoopy’s Christmas, featuring arch enemies Snoopy and the Red Baron experiencing the Christmas Truce: My heart ached when the artillery shelling started up again bringing an end to the two day peace as portrayed in the 1969 movie, Oh! What a Lovely War. John McCutcheon’s moving rendition Christmas in the Trenches stirred my soul. Garth Brooks was my first exposure to this historical event with his popular and touching song, Belleau Wood. ” The unofficial Christmas Truce of World War I had begun. It was Christmas 1914 and things were about to get “ All Quiet on the Western Front.

Soldiers hunkered down in trenches did their best to stay warm as a white frost enveloped the ground.Īrtillery explosions thundered sharply in the distance, rattling everything around them.Īmidst the hell of war came the gentle sounds of Silent Night wafting softly from the German trenches across no man’s land.

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