http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Truce Comments & Reviews of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Truce on StumbleUpon en-us Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:58:33 -0800 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:45:50 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Truce http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/logo_su_36x36.png Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:26:06 -0800 http://objectconstant.stumbleupon.com/review/29399671/ objectconstant - So, We they can stop fighting for Christmas and even exchange gifts but not for anything else? What the hell. From the page: "The two sides continued by shouting Christmas greetings to each other. Soon thereafter, there were calls for visits across the "No Man's Land" where small gifts were exchanged â€" whisky, jam, cigars, chocolate, and the like. The soldiers exchanged gifts, sometimes addresses, and drank together. The artillery in the region fell silent that night. The truce also allowed a breathing spell where recently-fallen soldiers could be brought back behind their lines by burial parties. Proper burials took place as soldiers from both sides mourned the dead together and paid their respects. At one funeral in No Man's Land, soldiers from both sides gathered and read a passage from the 23rd Psalm:"]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Truce Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:55:10 -0800 http://imnotangry.stumbleupon.com/review/28809299/ ImNotAngry - I find it amazing that troops had the courage to think for theirselves. I can't begin to imagine how shitty it would be to have to kill someone because their government doesn't like my government.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Truce Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:57:33 -0800 http://quackattack818.stumbleupon.com/review/28697965/ QuackAttack818 - This is a really cool event from WWI]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Truce