Posts Tagged: Christmas in the trenches
I’ll be out of the country for the next three weeks, visiting family and friends to the north of us, among other things, which I shall write about upon my return, mid January. In the meantime, I hope you’ll enjoy the reposts I’ll be sharing. This first one will be familiar to many of you. … more »
For those of you fairly new to And So It Goes, I first discovered John McCutcheon’s song, Christmas in the Trenches, in 2013. It tells an amazing and long forgotten true story, one that I’m committed to sharing. I’ve been posting it every Christmas Eve since. I hope you’ll take the time to listen to the song and peruse… more »
It’s Christmas Eve and with so many new subscribers, I’m happy to post a link to the Christmas story I’ve posted each year since 2013. It’s a story that begs to be remembered. But this year, I’m afraid I have no more words. Here’s the link to last year’s post, which includes background and many links… more »
How the year has flown. The following story is one I’ve shared before, first in 2013 and again in 2014. It is a story that teaches us that peace can be found if individual men and women want it badly enough to set their differences aside and find what it is that unites them as human… more »
December 25, 1914 One day when enemies stopped fighting New Year’s Eve 2012, I was privileged to be in the audience when a small group of performers offered a song I’d never heard. Christmas In the Trenches so moved me, I came home that night and immediately looked it up. Google, once again, to the fore.… more »
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