World War I -- Christmas Truce

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We have carried the Sherman story for years in our Christmas newsletters and the booklets we hand out on our Christmas tours (I'll send you this year's booklet). I may have gotten it originally from Kevin Rawlings, the well-known impersonator of Civil War Santa (created by Thomas Nast). He wrote a great book entitled We Were Marching on Christmas Day, and he used to take part in our Christmas tours.

I'm sure the Sherman story must be online some place. The soldiers even gathered sticks and twigs and tied them to mules' heads to make them appear like reindeer.