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      As the most wonderful time of the year, Christmas is the most prepared celebration in a year. In General, Christmas is a symbol for gift-giving, peace and prosperity.
     To celebrate the birth of our Lord, We celebrate Christmas. Many memorable events happened during December 25 besides Christmas. One of the best remembered was the Christmas Truce of the year 1914. It has been almost a year since the start of World War 1. During the night before Christmas, all the guns fell silent across the Western front and soldiers of both sides pepped out their trenches. Some mended the fortifications some got up to get their dinner while some went to bury their dead. While doing this, they sang the Christmas Carol Silent Night. After that the Allied soldiers sung their Christmas Carols while the German Soldiers hung lanterns. The morning of Christmas 1914 soldiers





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