“At 8:30am I was looking out, and saw four Germans leave their trenches and come towards us… they were three private soldiers and a stretcher bearer, and their spokesman started off by saying that he thought it only right to come over and wish us a happy Christmas… I asked them what orders they had from their officers as to coming over to us, and they said none; they had just come over out of goodwill.  They protested that they had no feeling of enmity towards us at all, but that everything lay with their authorities, and that being soldiers they had to obey.  I believe that they were speaking the truth when they said this, and that they never wished to fire a shot again.”
-Capt. Sir Edward Hamilton Westrow Hulse, Scots Guards, WWI Christmas Truce, 1914

“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from the store.  Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.”
-How the Grinch Stole Christmas