Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The notion that the holiday season might bring a respite from conflict has deep roots in history. Medieval “Christmas peace” laws ...

Following a successful inaugural Christmas Truce project, Brentford Under-12s have completed the task for a second-consecutive year. The young Bees came together to complete a multi-faceted project ...

On Christmas Eve in 1914, a light snowfall began to dust the Western Front, unable to settle on the muddy, waterlogged ground that had been obliterated by months of warfare. Meanwhile, as the smell of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Playhouse on Park has taken another shot at a heartwarming if disarming Christmas-themed musical war drama. The theater first ...

The Christmas Truce of 1914 is one of the most remarkable moments in history: enemies meeting in no-man’s land to sing carols ...

For the last three years, Russia and Ukraine have separately proposed a short truce over Christmas—but each attempt has unraveled, leading to further fighting on the holiday. Earlier this month, the ...

All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 returns to Boise Contemporary Theater, showcasing the poignant story of the unofficial truce during World War I when soldiers from opposing sides temporarily ...

It was once called the War to End All Wars, but World War I dragged on year after year. Governments were shattered, lives were destroyed, and many more wars came in its wake. But for one moment in ...

A resin model of a sculpture illustrating the WW1 Christmas Truce football match inside the remains of St Luke's Church in Liverpool PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic’s ...

Most of us have heard of the famous Christmas Truce of 1914. For roughly a week before Christmas, the shooting of the First World War ceased, and carols were sung from the trenches and even together ...

In 1914 German and British soldiers put their weapons down for a Christmas day soccer match. On Christmas Eve 1914, men of the British Army Heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The notion that the holiday season might bring a respite from conflict has deep roots ...