But up and down our line, one heard the men answering that Christmas greeting from the enemy. Officers, fearing treachery, ordered the men to be silent. ‘English soldier, a merry Christmas, come out, English soldier come out here to us.’ For some little time, we were cautious and did not even answer. Hear this from a letter sent home by British soldier Frederick Heath- the story begins with the Germans calling out from their trench
#THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT EVE SONGS MOVIE#
The movie is a fictional recreation of several stories of impromptu Christmas truces amongst the combatants in trenches across Western Europe during that first Christmas of World War 1. The inspiring story would be told in the film “Joyeux Noël” in 2005. “What appears from the winter fog and misery is a Christmas story, a fine Christmas story that is, in truth, the most faded and tattered of adjectives: inspiring.” Let’s hear from the Wall Street Journal- no fan of sentimentality in 1914 amid the Great War
Nonetheless, it is why we can speak of the famous “Christmas Truce” of 1914, beginning on Christmas Eve. Halloween- all Hallow’s Eve- is the first part of All Saints Day, and Christmas Eve is just the first part of Christmas… except for language and custom change, and so Christmas is technically 12:00 Am to 11:59 on December 25th (or the snowy day of the dog as I like to call it) So why do certain holidays begin at sundown the night before? Because a day, according to a reading of this verse, is the night and then the morning.
We read, “God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning-the first day.” My son recently asked me why we call the day before a holiday the “eve.” Maybe you know this- but the answer comes from the first chapter in Genesis. Welcome to the Christian History Almanac brought to you by 1517 at I’m Dan van Voorhis. *** This is a rough transcript of today’s show ***
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