Christmas Truce

"The reality of the Christmas Truce, however, is a slightly less romantic and a more down to earth story. It was an organic affair that in some spots hardly registered a mention and in others left a profound impact upon those who took part."

I chose to post this quote out of the article because this really had a meaning to me. Paul Baumer would think highly of this truce. He would like the war to have meaning. Even though he is at war he has a big heart. I think that this shows that the men that were fighting and blowing up everything really do care and have hearts. They are people just like you and me. They have families and lives and they are risking it all to protect their country and their land. I'm sure that it meant a lot to the men out there fighting to just have a moment to remember what things are really all about. I am sure that most of the men thought of their families and their lives back home at that moment. The truce gave them time to think and recuperate. Also, I think that this truce helped them to see who they were fighting and what the men they had been killing were really like. The men that took part in this truce were most likely changed because they got to see that the men they were fighting were on the same page as them; defending their country.