{"id":7534,"date":"2013-12-24T18:46:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T23:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beginnersheart\/?p=7534"},"modified":"2013-12-24T18:46:34","modified_gmt":"2013-12-24T23:46:34","slug":"remembering-the-christmas-truce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beginnersheart\/2013\/12\/remembering-the-christmas-truce.html","title":{"rendered":"remembering the Christmas Truce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I&#039;m Dreaming of Home (Hymne des Fraternises) - Joyeaux Noel soundtrack\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1rvyX9a01Rk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Tonight, I wish you magic. I wish you peace, love, &amp; joy. I wish you the kind of unexpected miracles that happened a century ago, in the middle of a war. When men reached out across the line of fire, and exchanged gifts and blessings. A <a title=\"Christmas truce letters home\" href=\"http:\/\/www.christmastruce.co.uk\/letters.html\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas truce<\/a> that remains, for me, one of the most hopeful of miracles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">May your holy days be full of love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, I wish you magic. I wish you peace, love, &amp; joy. I wish you the kind of unexpected miracles that happened a century ago, in the middle of a war. When men reached out across the line of fire, and exchanged gifts and blessings. 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