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.

We've collected video, audio, and text resources here, including:

  • Children from Ramallah Friends School Sing a Song to the World (picture above)
  • 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

Get in the spirit of peace activism!


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