There is a beautiful movie out at present, Merry Christmas, which tells a true story of the trenches in 1914, when Germans, French and Scottish sang hymms, played football and celebrated the special day for man, in so called no mans land, with a mass in Latin, a universal christian language of the time. The prevailing language of the time was empire and war. The ignorance of the powers that were in control unleashed 4 more years of utter carnage and millions senselessly slain. This in turn led to the horrors of the 39-45 war. The simple men who fraternised on that fateful day and were ostracised and despised for their wisdom and humanity, are at last being celebrated.