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Although the whole military never takes a break for the holidays, especially those in combat and critical jobs, troops in training will generally be off from a week before Christmas to a few days into the new year. Others will work half-days or one day on-one day off schedules during the holidays. There is a story told that in the French front during WWI the American and German soldiers stopped fighting on Christmas Eve, and began to sing carols. Both the Germans and Americans joined in the middle of the battlefield and for one day exchanged gifts like food, enjoyed worshiping Christmas, and then returned to their tranches and resumed fighting each other the next day.
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