Christmas in 1915 was much the same as it had been for the soldiers as it was the year prior. In this life, the Christmas truce did not occur.
Perhaps the soldier who had initiated it was killed in the early days of the conflict, or maybe the enmity between the Allies and the Germans was far greater as a result of the one sided losses the British and French forces sustained.
Either way, men sat in their winter clothing behind their fortifications as the snow fell on their head. The occasional exchange of gunfire and artillery could be overheard in the distance, as planes fought in the air above.
Conflict never really ceased, as the German stormtroopers found the best way to prevent the positions of the standard infantry from being taken over as routine raids into the Allies front lines. A few dozen casualties every other night at random intervals kept the British and French forces from properly organizing a mass assault.
