Christmas Day 1914

Te Watea's writing from the viewpoint of Jim. 24th December Christmas eve: All of my teammates are singing so I join along and I got up and put my hands up and the other soldiers got there guns out. I went closer and then the other soldiers put their guns down and walked closer to me. Otto suddenly walked towards me and shook my hand. We played a game of football and then suddenly bombs and guns were blowing up and shooting. So sadly we went back to our base and I got a cracker and I hope Otto got his chocolate I can’t wait until this war ends!