True accounts of the Christmas truce can be found in the above listed book.
The event occurred on Christmas eve 1914. It was started by the Germans who had begun singing Silent Night.British and Scottish regiments at first thoght it was a trick as they had rarely seen Christmas trees before.It started an informal truce that many hoped would last and was deplored by the high commands on both sides. Oh what might have been? Similar attempts basically failed in the following Christmas Eves.