I’ve just finished wrapping the last little presents I could hide from the S.O. She already has the big one-a pearl and diamond ring that is sort of a Christmas / Anniversary of Being Together present. She knows about the earrings under the tree-she picked them out. I used to be able to surprise her. Now I just buy what she wants…………
Anyway……
This Christmas Eve, I thought long and hard about what to write about. And it occurred to me that in spite of all our good will, come the new year we will go back to our hatreds. Peace on Earth is an illusion at times-nor have we as a people fostered it very well. Despite our own self delusion that we do.
However the desire is still there, and maybe that is the best we can hope for. Which brings me to a subject I have always wanted to explore-which typifies what I am talking about- The Christmas truce of World War One. From the War to End All Wars web site. The lesson is simple, that in “our age of uncertainty, it comforting to believe, regardless of the real reasoning and motives, that soldiers and officers told to hate, loathe and kill, could still lower their guns and extend the hand of goodwill, peace, love and Christmas cheer“.
Merry Christmas!