when was the christmas truce

The Christmas Truce of 1914 was a spontaneous ceasefire that occurred during World War I. It began on Christmas Eve 1914 and lasted until January 3, 1915, in the trenches along the western front in Belgium. It was the first official truce between the Allies and the Central Powers. The Christmas Truce of 1914 is remembered as a moment of peace and humanity in the midst of the brutal and senseless violence of World War I.