World War I -- Christmas Truce

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I don't remember mention of any major truce, just snippets about guns being quiet and opposing camps singing Christmas songs across the fields and some bartering going on between the opponents for things like cigars, food, etc.

There were quite a few battles and skirmishes held on Christmas Day, I think, especially in the first few years of the war. One incident that comes close to being a peaceful gesture is when Gen Sherman's men distributed food and other supplies to impoverished Georgians on Christmas in 1864 -- after having destroyed most of the infrastructure of the state...