Produced in association with WGBH/Boston. On the occasion of its 100th anniversary, we take a moving look at the 1914 Christmas Truce, in which opposing soldiers in Word War I risked court-martial by laying down their arms.
They actually exchanged holiday gifts and sang carols together during their short-lived ceasefire on the frozen battlefield of Flanders, Belgium.
John McCutcheon performs and discusses his Grammy-nominated folksong, 'Christmas in the Trenches', which he sang decades after the war for elderly veterans who participated in the truce. And we hear details from historians Stanley Weintraub and Scott Bennett who have written about fascinating war-time peace efforts.
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