Detailed Explanation on Instagram: "On Christmas Eve of 1914, just months after the start of World War I, a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires occurred along the Western Front. What began with German troops placing candles and small Christmas trees on their trenches while singing carols eventually led to soldiers from both sides tentatively emerging into No Man’s Land. These men, who had been ordered to kill one another, instead shook hands, exchanged small gifts like cigarettes or plum