Dec
17th
2017
Day 17: 1914 · 4:31pm Dec 17th, 2017
Two incredible things happened in this particular year. The first is that as World War One was raging on, soldiers on both sides decided to have a truce for Christmas in order to not just bury their dead, but to celebrate the holiday. That alone I think is a strong testament in which the message of "Peace on Earth. Good will towards men," was that powerful to bring a war to a halt. As for the other, this was the year in which a carol was published. One in that it wasn't meant to be one. If anything, this Ukrainian chant was more meant to be a New Years song to welcome spring. But somehow, it turned into a carol of the bells.
Thanks man, the story of the day the two sides of the war stopped fighting is one of the deepest and most meaningful and inspirational stories I ever heard about Christmas since the day I heard it.