On Christmas Day in 1914, amid the carnage of World War I, there was a series of informal cease-fires among soldiers of the Western powers who had been fighting one another. During the unofficial truce, troops exchanged presents, and perhaps warm blessings too, before resuming the fight all the same. It was a symbolic pause, marking a mutual truce and a temporary halt to death and destruction, justified by the significance of a very holy day. Christmas was meant to be a time of festivities, not of war. Or so it was thought, but not anymore.
On Christmas Day in 2025, in contrast, U.S. President Donald Trump decided to give a rather twisted โChristmas presentโ to his adversaries.
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