Two of the biggest recording artists in history - Paul McCartney and Garth Brooks - have also incorporated the historical event into their work.Īlthough the songs about the truce ignore some of the nuances of the historical record, there is only so much one may do in a three-minute song. Several artists have interpreted the World War I Christmas Truce, including folksinger John McCutcheon (“ Christmas in the Trenches“). On Christmas day in 1914, peace broke out on the battlefield among common soldiers.
