When I was a girl, one of my favorite Christmas songs was about Snoopy as the World War I flying ace. The story goes that on Christmas his arch enemy, the Red Baron, had Snoopy in his sights and, instead of shooting him down, the Baron cried out “Merry Christmas, mein friend!” They would meet on some other day, not this holy one in which the angels sang of Jesus’ birth.
There’s actually a true story about a Christmas truce that happened during World War I that I find especially inspiring. To read more you may click on:
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/christmastruce.htm
Tags: Christmas, Snoopy, the Red Baron, truce, World War I
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