Wars need truces ASAP and permanently, but if Christmas (or the Olympics or Armistice/Remembrance Day or any other occasion) can shake people into a willingness to give peace on Earth a bit of a try, let’s use it! One way to get inspired about the idea of a future Christmas truce is to learn a bit about some past ones.
- Children from Ramallah Friends School Sing a Song to the World
- A Christmas Truce Letter
- Script for Play of A Christmas Truce Letter
- A First-Hand Account
- Another First-Hand Account
- Belleau Wood Lyrics by Joe Henry and Garth Brooks
- Christmas in the Trenches Lyrics by John McCutcheon
- Children's Book by John McCutcheon
- The Christmas Truce of 1914 Seen from 2014
- The Importance of the December 1914 Christmas Truce
- Book: Christmas Eve 1914
- Film: Joyeux Noel
- Article at Jacobin on the Christmas Truce
- Eugene V. Debs on the Christmas Truce
- Veterans For Peace Christmas Truce Page
- Book: Christmas Truce: The Western Front December 1914
- Book: Silent Night: The Remarkable Christmas Truce of 1914
- Book: Shooting at the Stars
- Book: Johnny Breadless: A Pacifist Fairy Tale
- Gifts for Peace
- Peace on Earth Ads in Washington DC
- U.S. Veterans Call for Holiday Truce
- Faith Leaders and Organizations Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine
- Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Francis call for end to war in Ukraine
- Christmas Truces in 1870
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