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"Late on Christmas Eve 1914 a troop of the British Expeditionary Force ventured out of the trenches.
As they crept through the forbidding darkness of no man’s land, filled with bravery and terror beyond our modern day comprehension, they would take part in an event that would shine a beacon of light and hope over the cataclysm of the Great War.
Instead of shells and bullets they were greeted by carols and gifts. The ‘Tommies’ and the ‘Huns’ sat as brothers sharing cigarettes, tales of home and pictures of their loved ones.
The football match that ensued not only represented an oasis of optimism against a barren backdrop of horror, but also a guiding star for the human race.
Man’s inhumanity to man, can, has and should be vanquished. In the tumultuous annals of our history, on 24th December 1914, we had a glimpse of a utopia that can exist if we will it. That, for me, is the true meaning of Christmas."
As they crept through the forbidding darkness of no man’s land, filled with bravery and terror beyond our modern day comprehension, they would take part in an event that would shine a beacon of light and hope over the cataclysm of the Great War.
Instead of shells and bullets they were greeted by carols and gifts. The ‘Tommies’ and the ‘Huns’ sat as brothers sharing cigarettes, tales of home and pictures of their loved ones.
The football match that ensued not only represented an oasis of optimism against a barren backdrop of horror, but also a guiding star for the human race.
Man’s inhumanity to man, can, has and should be vanquished. In the tumultuous annals of our history, on 24th December 1914, we had a glimpse of a utopia that can exist if we will it. That, for me, is the true meaning of Christmas."
Justin Phillips
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