In 1914, Christmas Carols stopped a World War.

Dancing_Dave

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Sun Dec-25-05 06:38 PM
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In 1914, Christmas Carols stopped a World War.

There's an interesting article about it in todays Independent:
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article334971.ece

After the carols got the Christmas Vibe going, soldiers from opposite sides stopped shooting at each other, sang together, traded little gifts and played a game of soccer. Of course the political leaders didn't allow the truce to last past Christmas

This brief grassroots truce movement was an interesting forshadowing of how more tennacious music-fueled activism was able to stop the Vietnam War several decades later.

Many indie musicians today want to do the same thing, and we've rallied together to create a site with music, text and pictures in this good cause: http://artistlaunch.com/artist.asp?artistid=7635

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FtWayneBlue

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Mon Dec-26-05 08:35 AM
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1. The political leaders also made sure there was no similar

Christmas truce the following year during WWI.

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noel711

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Mon Dec-26-05 09:02 AM
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2. More tripe...

This myth has been around for years.. even years ago, the press loved to invent sentimental stories to make the masses happy. Be careful what you believe!

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Berry Cool

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Mon Dec-26-05 10:34 PM
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3. It is NOT tripe, and it was NOT invented by the press.

Snopes tells the story here:

http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/truce.asp

They do very good research and are highly skeptical folks. If anyone is suspicious of a feel-good story that seems too good to be true, too much like a story people just want to believe rather than one that really happened, it's them. So, if they say it's so, it's a safe bet that it's so.

Sometimes truth IS stranger than fiction.

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