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Did you know :
On December 7, 1914, Pope Benedict XV suggested a temporary hiatus of the war for the celebration of Christmas. The warring countries refused to create any official cease-fire, but on Christmas the soldiers in the trenches declared their own unofficial truce.
Starting on Christmas Eve, many German and British troops sang Christmas carols to each other across the lines, and at certain points the Allied soldiers even heard brass bands joining the Germans in their joyous singing.
At the first light of dawn on Christmas Day, some German soldiers emerged from their trenches and approached the Allied lines across no-man’s-land, calling out “Merry Christmas” in their enemies’ native tongues. At first, the Allied soldiers feared it was a trick, but seeing the Germans unarmed they climbed out of their trenches and shook hands with the enemy soldiers. The men exchanged presents of cigarettes and plum puddings and sang carols and songs. There was even a documented case of soldiers from opposing sides playing a good-natured game of soccer.
Some soldiers used this short-lived ceasefire for a more somber task: the retrieval of the bodies of fellow combatants who had fallen within the no-man’s land between the lines.
The so-called Christmas Truce of 1914 came only five months after the outbreak of war in Europe and was one of the last examples of the outdated notion of chivalry between enemies in warfare. It was never repeated—future attempts at holiday ceasefires were quashed by officers’ threats of disciplinary action—but it served as heartening proof, however brief, that beneath the brutal clash of weapons, the soldiers’ essential humanity endured.
During World War I, the soldiers on the Western Front did not expect to celebrate on the battlefield, but even a world war could not destroy the Christmas spirit.
A nice story of Christmas. May the Christmas Spirit never die.
Peace to all and a joyous and prosperous new year to you, one and all.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
Santa Claus is coming to town…
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Get into the christmas and have a go…
The Female Heat by Vaughan.
“Are my warm whispers in your ears intimate and enticing?
Could the people around us be unaware, how your body may respond?
Do you tremble at the power of my words?
Can I make your body blush in places people cannot see!
Can I make you pant in anticipation of things to come!
Can I make you throb and become wet as your desire grows?
Can you see the fire and heat in me?
As I can see the smoulder of you.
Can you see what you could ignite?”
As I can feel and revel in the power of our attraction.
Our hearts are drumming with the music of our building passion.
Finally, The Heat of the Female Dance is seen by the man who can play the right tune.”
Leonard Cohen – Dance me to the end of love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDgzqoBnxcwCONFESSION
I want some ice cream
An Earth without art is Eh
Merry Christmas one & all
