In the chapter 'The Best Christmas Present in the World' Jim Machperson had written a letter to his wife Connie Machperson on December 26,1914. Jim wrote the letter to his wife sharing about a wonderful thing that has happened on Christmas Day.
The wonderful thing was that the Britishers and Germans were engaged in war yet on Christmas both the troops met on no man's land. It was a wonderful thing because between the war, the soldiers were making peace.