And the Christmas Truce is remembered,/too.// It has inspired many books, movies and songs,/which tell how soldiers put down their guns,/walked across No Man’s Land,/and shook hands.// They explain how young men shared food,/talked of their families,/and hoped to celebrate the next Christmas/at home with their loved ones.// For these young men,/the Christmas Truce was a very special event.//
　In 1914,/after Christmas Day was over,/fighting started again along the Western Front.// The Great War had returned/and would continue for several more years.// Sadly,/the Christmas Truce was never repeated.//
　But for a brief moment at Christmastime in 1914,/there really was peace on earth.//