On Christmas Eve 1914, six months into World War I, a group of Allied and German soldiers put down their weapons for a brief time, shared cigarettes and chocolate with their enemies and joined in ...

The singing sensation from County Kerry, Fiona, Naomi, and Eve O'Neill has released a new song about Christmas Eve, in 1914, when a lull in fighting occurred during World War I. The O'Neill Sisters, ...

We’ve all heard the word “truce” a lot lately, especially in the context of the Israel-Hamas conflict. After intense negotiations, the combatants agreed to stop shooting for a few days to accommodate ...

The Christmas Truce has become the stuff of legend. On a frozen Christmas Eve in 1914 during World War I, the guns briefly fell silent. In the months after World War I erupted, young men in Europe ...

If “war is what happens when language fails,” as Margaret Atwood once wrote, then the Christmas truce is proof that peace is what happens when language prevails. On Christmas Eve of 1914, allied ...

The sun rises over a reconstructed WWI trench in Ploegsteert, Belgium. (Virginia Mayo/AP) By late December 1914 World War I had been raging for nearly five months. Had anyone really believed it would ...

Cheese, beer and holiday cheer, all in the spirit of the WWI Christmas Truce of 1914. God bless us, everyone. A message from Culture Editor Celia Almeida: If you value independent journalism, please ...

In 2014, City Lights marked the 100-year anniversary of the World War I “Christmas Truce” with a world premiere that drew crowds and raves. Now Truce: A Christmas Wish from the Great War is back with ...

In the months after World War I erupted, young men in Europe were killing each other by the tens of thousands. Yet on a frozen Christmas Eve in 1914, the guns briefly fell silent. The Christmas truce ...