Jeremy Maddux’s Reviews > Peace on Earth: The Christmas Truce of 1914 > Status Update

'A German NCO with an Iron Cross started singing. When he had finished, Hulse suggested his own men sing ‘Bonnie Scotland’. The Germans responded and the British came back with ‘Good King Wenceslas’. Everyone then joined in ‘Auld Lang Syne’. “It was absolutely astounding and, if I had seen it on a cinematograph film, I should have sworn that it was faked,” wrote Hulse later.'

This was truly one of the most bizarre situations in the history of armed conflict. It was as if the universe was trying to communicate some futile and fleeting message.