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Re-enactors, from various living history groups, are dressed in World War I British and German uniforms as they kick around a soccer ball during a re-enactment of the 1914 Christmas Truce in Ploegsteert, Belgium on Saturday, December 20, 2014. During that first Christmas Day in World War I, something magical happened. Soldiers who had been killing each other by the tens of thousands for months climbed out of their muddy trenches to seek a shred of humanity amid the horrors of war. Hands reached out across the narrow divide, presents were exchanged, and in Flanders Fields a century ago, a spontaneous Christmas truce briefly lifted the human spirit. (Photo by Virginia Mayo/AP Photo)
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