[tde-users] Re: Merry Christmas

I am not a Christmassy kind of person. I don't like how it has been ruined through commercialization. The advertisements start earlier and earlier every year. The worst part is the music, almost all of which is insufferably bland. However ... lest people think that I am just a Grinch or Scrooge, I am not; I would just like to live in some better world. I heard this event mentioned on the radio yesterday, and started looking it up. I did sort of maybe half-remember hearing about it somewhere, way back when, but wasn't sure if it really happened, or was just a kind of legend. It did really happen. Imagine, if something like this happened once, it could happen again. Note that it was spontaneous, and that thereafter the people in charge were horrified, and put a stop to it. Bill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce https://www.history.com/news/christmas-truce-1914-world-war-i-soldier-accou… https://web.archive.org/web/20241215213524/https://www.history.com/news/chr… https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce https://web.archive.org/web/20241220231401/https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/t… https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/christmas-truce-world-wa… https://web.archive.org/web/20241220210524/https://www.nationalgeographic.c… https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-of-the-wwi-christmas-truce… https://web.archive.org/web/20241216171757/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/h… https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-stunning-series-of-informal-cea… https://web.archive.org/web/20241225005802/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/s… https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Christmas-Truce-1914/ https://web.archive.org/web/20241225005213/https://www.historic-uk.com/Hist…