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Starting on Christmas Eve, many German and British troops sang Christmas carols to each other across the lines, and at certain points the Allied soldiers even heard brass bands joining the Germans in their joyous singing.
At the first light of dawn on Christmas Day, some German soldiers emerged from their trenches and approached the Allied lines across no-man’s-land, calling out “Merry Christmas” in their enemies’ native tongues. At first, the Allied soldiers feared it was a trick, but seeing the Germans unarmed they climbed out of their trenches and shook hands with the enemy soldiers. The men exchanged presents of cigarettes and plum puddings and sang carols and songs. There was even a documented case of soldiers from opposing sides playing a good-natured game of football. In other cases some soldiers used this short-lived ceasefire for a more somber task: the retrieval of the bodies of fellow combatants who had fallen within the no-man’s land between the lines.
The Christmas Truce of 1914 came only five months after the outbreak of the war in Europe, and became one of the last examples of the outdated notion of chivalry between enemies in modern warfare. It was never repeated—future attempts at holiday ceasefires were quashed by officers’ threats of disciplinary action—but it served as heartening proof, however brief, that beneath the brutal clash of weapons, the soldiers’ essential humanity endured.
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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Sometimes referred to as Stone Man Syndrome, is an extremely rare disease of the connective tissue. A mutation of the body’s repair mechanism causes fibrous tissue (including muscle, tendon, and ligament) to be ossified when damaged. In many cases, injuries can cause joints to become permanently frozen in place. Surgical removal of the extra bone growths has been shown to cause the body to “repair” the affected area with more bone.
Pictured: photo and skeleton of Harry Eastlack, whose skeleton is on display at the Mütter Museum
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Whether it be a conscious personality, such as Zeus or Jahveh, or merely abstract forces such as those in play in totemism, the worshipper, in the one case as in the other, believes himself held to certain manners of acting which are imposed upon him by the nature of the sacred principle with which he feels that he is in communion. Now society also gives us the sensation of a perpetual dependence. Since it has a nature which is peculiar to itself and different from our individual nature, it pursues ends which are likewise special to it; but, as it cannot attain them except through our intermediacy, it imperiously demands our aid. It requires that, forgetful of our own interests, we make ourselves its servitors, and it submits us to every sort of inconvenience, privation and sacrifice, without which social life would be impossible. It is because of this that at every instant we are obliged to submit ourselves to rules of conduct and of thought which we have neither made nor desired, and which are sometimes even contrary to our most fundamental inclinations and instincts.
shut up neighbors’ infant! i’m the one who is tied down with responsibilities, a test to study for tomorrow and a huge project..all this not in my own language. you, you dont even speak a language. no one expects anything of you, you’ve only been in the world for a few months and it is full of possibilites for you. you should rejoice.
Me, I am already done with 1/3 of my life. I’ve accomplished nothing great and I see nothing of my future…I have no idea what the fuck i will be doing with the rest of the 2/3 of my life. We live in an extremely complicated society in which i am socially incompetent…toujours maladroit. Its not just me i suppose, there are many others like me . The rules are contradictory and always changing, so no one learns them really. We cling to rules in order to live with each other, in order to function as a society, but in a sense there are no rules. Just the chaos of life.
So this is what you have to look forward to. You don’t know this though. You are just a baby. No ones judging you because heck, you haven’t even developed into a real person yet. You’re a completely stupid, putrid little creature but your parents love you unconditionally. They havent gotten the chance to know you. You havent gotten the chance to know them. Perhaps later you will resent or even hate them for some of the things they did to you (and then you will forgive them as time passes). Perhaps you will disappoint them, the child which they put so much of their time and money and hope into. You will hurt others and they will hurt you, but you will love too, and others will bring you so much love. This is the process of living-of becoming a person. You will be shaped. you will be molded. You will be tested, you will struggle. But for now you are just you. Enjoy this time while you have it…Well I see you’ve stopped crying in the time i have taken to write this. Bon, tu as compris. Goodnight.
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“American Christmas Devil” by Brad McGinty III aka Crazy Christmas Cards from 1955!
We aren’t sure which is more awesome, this impressively monstrous Santa Claus (printed on the front of the cards that you can order here) or his incredible backstory.
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Whatever you do this holiday season, please take care of your Celebration Bowels.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvea5tWviT1qzfsnio1_400.jpg)
“American Christmas Devil” by Brad McGinty III aka Crazy Christmas Cards from 1955!
We aren’t sure which is more awesome, this impressively monstrous Santa Claus (printed on the front of the cards that you can order here) or his incredible backstory.
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Whatever you do this holiday season, please take care of your Celebration Bowels.
