Joyeux Noel

Joyeux Noel is a wonderful movie about a Christmas truce that occurred on the front-lines in World War I. One would think any movie about WWI would be too dark and depressing for family Christmas viewing, but I think this will be one we rewatch many years. There is not much fighting in the movie (but plenty of suspense, especially on a first watching), and the movie delivers one of the best Christmas messages of any movie ever produced.

Read here for an article about the movie and how it is based on true events.

The soldiers were taught to hate their enemies, but once they made a truce in honor of Christmas and saw each other as actual human beings, they could no longer deal with each other without love. They could no longer kill each other and instead preferred to be subjected to their government's punishments for treason than murder men they shared gifts and companionship with.

Here we see the beauty and righteousness of Christ's commandment to love one's enemies.