My grandfather (Canadian at Vimy Ridge) told that story to me when I was very young.

We should be proud of being in a war where killing is only a 364 day a year job. How civil they were. Such religious people.

Bob_B Over 5 million Allied personnel died in WWI ensuring you have the freedom to post that sarcastic comment. How about a little less flippancy and a bit more respect for those that died.

This is so heartbreaking - no one wants war - we let a million "how do you do's" coalesce into "How great our own Nation and how Evil the Others!"

CROWDS.... ARE.... DANGEROUS!

My grandfather (Canadian at Vimy Ridge) told that story to me when I was very young.

My grandfather told me that his father participated in one such Christmas truce as well. It greatly disheartened his troops and the Kaiser brought them all back home and stuck 'em in detention until the end of the war.