This movie restores ones faith in humanity, with an emphasis on the true meaning of Christmas. In the absurdity of war, the characters establish a connection with each other across the boundaries of nationality, religion, and person prejudice. They begin as cogs in the machinery of World War I, each with a strong sense of what they are personally leaving behind them - wifes, loved ones, careers, etc. Then, in a simple act of singing in the trenches on Christmas Eve, sanity breaks out among the three groups of warriors - French, German, and Scot. From there, they metamorphoses into a compassionate, caring, and sensitive human beings, who, by virtue of knowing each other, can no longer fight or justify the absurdity. The consequences that they pay and how they chose to do it runs the gambit from self-perservation to courageous. A superb movie.
