These doomed WWI soldiers can inspire our Christmas
The acts of these doomed soldiers on Christmas 1914 can inspire us to make real their dream of peace.
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Christmas in war, the time to remember and ponder
Our leaders want to wage unending war in foreign lands (unsuccessfully). Let’s remember the nature of war & the price paid by our troops to wage it.
The ultimate guide to Christmas films
Summary: Here is the ultimate guide to your holiday season video watching. All the lists of Christmas films. The source of traditional Christmas chick-flicks. The two greatest modern Christmas films. And my recommendation of the two best Xmas films from the pre-revolutionary era. The usual Christmas fare There are many lists of Christmas films. They …
A Christmas gift to us from George Washington
Summary: For Christmas we interrupt our usual warnings for a reminder about an event from our past that still can inspire us today. America was created by the Founders’ bets against long odds, conditions far whose than those we whine about today. Regular service will resume tomorrow. Best wishes for a Merry Christmas to you all! A real Christmas story, …
The 1914 Christmas Truce gives us hope for tomorrow
Summary: Hope for a better future comes from flashes of the past, proof that we’re capable of better things that we do today. Once such moment was the creation after WWII of a new world order based on law (now ruined by our hands). Another was the truce on Christmas 1914 in the trenches of …
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