Christmas Jeep

Old yarns by the fireside.

[@Identified_Idiot]

I have reached the tender old age of WW2 enthusiasm, it is not long before I'm smoking meats too.

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Welcome to the club, it's a big one!

[@vincedibona4687]

I have been a WWI to Vietnam enthusiast since I was 13, and started BBQing and smoking meats in my 20’s. Can’t say how many pounds of pig I have smoked. I guess I was old when I was still young. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

@@vincedibona4687 Cecil Rhodes! The Milner Kindergarden, Balfour declaration, Travistok, Bosnian Tuberculosis assassins, De Beers, The Tzar's homosexual love affair with Rhodes, that nice family from Frankfurt who must not be named. WW1; now that was a war!

[@The_Hairy_Farmer]

@@arduinoversusevil2025 - and then we have the Bilderberg group, Bohemian Grove and the Lolita Express....to name but a few...

[@STUCASHX]

Whew... Next thing ya know you'll be whittling.😉 Merry Christmas.

[@ncm55449]

Its only right that we think of those men. I knew a guy who turns out was deployed in the first wave of Omaha Beach on D-Day. I never knew about that until just right before he passed. He never said anything about it. He didn't brag. He didn't boast. He wasn't looking for accolades. He came home and lived out his life as a farmer. He was quiet and reserved, and lived a long peaceful life, which he earned. We all have the good fortune of being gifted that peace by men like him. A man who asked himself for all of his days, "why me, and not those other men?" He was truly grateful and respectful and never lost sight of the good fortune that allowed him to come home. What great story you told here. All those men who gave all they had for all of us. God Bless them. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@eagle94haslanded]

I think most people who have been to hell and back, whether it be war or something else entirely, tend to live out a quiet peaceful life. Thats definitely where I find myself.

[@hochhaul]

I had a family member that survived WWII. He had a 5 mile stare and we were always told he came back with some kind of shell shock. The only thing I remember as as child was that he said "we fought the wrong enemy". Someone asked if he was talking about the Russians and he shook his head "No". He died a few months later.

[@brucecampbell8814]

God bless my friend. The ending there hit me in the feels.

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

me too. Merry Christmas!

[@brucecampbell8814]

Merry Christmas

[@I_K_Noyes215]

That last line found the soft spot in my gut. I can tell it's something personal. Stay safe, both you and yours, and keep your chin at the same height as the glass used to toast the moment. Merry Christmas from Pennsylvania.

[@dochaze1]

Hell, he did it with the last two words of a four word sentence. Peace to ALL.

[@smokemadbuds991]

He's reading a book

[@christopherdeloach8380]

Merry Christmas, brother. Thank you for keeping their memories alive. The greatest generation that ever lived.

[@GrahamDallas]

Great storytelling, have a great Christmas

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Merry Christmas to you too eh!

[@1ginner1]

Reminds me of the statement. When you go home Tell them of us and say For your tomorrow We gave our today. RIP, for all the fallen. Happy Christmas.

[@stylin40s]

I'm glad my kids are homeschooled, when it comes to discussing war we have our kids talk to those who were there. For all those who are veterans "Thank you for your service, Welcome home."

[@davidhorner5655]

Whether you’re talking about mosfets or the history of our sometimes bleak world, I’m always happy to hear from you AvE, Merry Christmas.

[@askmeaboutarcticcats]

Wishing you and your family the Merriest of Christmas' AvE. As a military man myself i can hear the respect and care in your voice. You will forever have my attention on the magic dibbley dooes.

[@zrxdoug]

I wish I'd paid more attention to MY old man's stories...in December 1941 my sixteen year old future dad enlisted in the navy. He was a Detroit kid, never got any further from his home than visiting family in Kentucky, but he spent the next five Christmas holidays in the South Pacific.

[@hochhaul]

Institut für Sexualwissenschaft

[@ronobrien7187]

Did I hear an emotional quiver in his voice at the end? God Bless all those who served and a special prayer for those that didn't come back like my uncle Maurice Callaghan. I never knew him. He was a seaman in the merchant marine and was one of the victims of a submarine attack in the Atlantic. He literally never came back. It haunted my Mother for the rest of her life. God Bless them all and Merry Christmas to the fortunate of us that are here today because of their sacrifice.

[@autopar3000]

My grandfather fought in Italy, then in The Netherlands. After the war in Europe ended he volunteered to go fight in the South Pacific. Luckily the Americans had other plans for that front. Heros. All of them.

[@elementjoe]

Merry Christmas, and please pass it along to your beautiful family. Give ‘‘em an extra hug as a thank you from us for letting us all hang out in the shop together so often.

[@stevewalker2028]

Thank you for honouring the Greatest Generation. My father was a softly-spoken, reticent veteran of WW2, long after his death I think about the memories and traumas he bore with dignity.

[@iandegraff3472]

He passed before I was born, but by all accounts my great-uncle Raymond was something of a wild man. A few Veterans Days ago, we found out that he served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army during WWII. Moreover, he had spent time in a German POW camp. I did some preliminary research on the camp, come to find out most of the Americans kept there were captured during the Battle of the Bulge. By all accounts, uncle Raymond was about my height, 6-foot-3, that whole side of the family is tall. By the time the Allies liberated the POW camp, uncle Raymond weighed 95 pounds. The Russians held at that camp had it worse though. I can only imagine that a near-death experience like that gives a person a certain zest for life. The sort of thing that compels a man to build a monster truck and keep a Texas longhorn bull as a pet. Merry Christmas.

[@hochhaul]

Meanwhile the jewish people were healthy and had access to swimming pools. That is, until the the allies bombed the supply routes to the prison camps. Tough to maintain weight when your team destroys the only way to feed people being held in prison.

[@Antony_Jenner]

My Father spent a few Christmasses in the care of the Germans during the war as a POW, If the man was alive now he would say "peace and goodwill to all men". Merry Christmass!

[@bjp537]

I’m not crying, I just have something in my eye. Merry Christmas brother.

[@TheBrewjo]

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. The Ode comes from For the Fallen- Written by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)

[@dale1956ties]

I'm of the age where almost every other kids' dads were vets of WWII. My dad was a little young and got in at the end but never saw any fighting. Still, I'm fascinated with the "Greatest Generation" and long for those days some fifteen years before I was born. Thanks for sharing. The work & time it takes to create content doesn't go unnoticed, or unappreciated. Merry Christmas.

[@Cbuzz1399]

My father was born in 1940 in Ortona. There is a Canadian cemetary there that I visit every time I go to Italy to visit my mother who now lives in Ortona. You can still see damage from the shells in some of the buildings. The Battle of Ortona is/was reffered to as Italian Stalingrad. It was particularly brutal and bloody due to the close quarters fighting and use of booby traps. My fathers uncle, aunt and young cousins hid in a train tunnel during the fighting. The tunnel was bombed and the entire family perished. I encourage anyone to read about the Battle Of Ortona if youre into that kind of thing. Merry Christmas Uncle Bumble.

[@motorbreath5point0]

Merry Christmas to you and a Happy Boxing Day too. I raise a glass to a man I’ve never met, but understand like a brother.

[@docniemo4713]

Merry Christmas Brother. Still look forward to every one of your vidjeaos after all these years

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Merry Christmas Broheim! I still look forward to sharing a chuckle with you.

[@cabincreekzeke6257]

It is truly the greatest generation. My father fought in Vietnam, and his father fought in Korea and his father WWII. The stories they could tell. Our freedoms we take for granted paid for by the blood sacrifice of those heros that did not make it home to make memories with their families and share another Christmas under that tree. Merry Christmas, everyone.

[@tmiller9099]

I had my Great Grandfather until I was 27 in 2000 when he turned 100 before he passed. WWI vet. Differnt times for sure hopefully not lost on history.

[@hochhaul]

It's sad to think all that people that died trying to stop a 'holocaust' and see how their descendants were thanked for their sacrifice-- ostracized and targeted with labels like racist and White Sup***acist by the ethnic group they fought to save. Now their descendants are told that if they disagree with the people they saved in WWII, they can have their children taken away for s*x changes under the guise of "gender affirming care". Read about the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft if you don't understand why the people supported a man we were all trained to hate as children.

[@skachor]

Thanks for the laughs and tears over the years. Even though we've never met, your words have impacted me greatly.

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

You're very generous. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

[@ProfessorMAG]

"Talk gets around to Vietnam, One of my youngest boys says suddenly, "what was it like in the war in Italy at Christmas, dad?"". Great story, I can believe Vietnam, but WWII Italy? You are again the masterful teller of stories, real or imaginary. Keep up the good work.

[@darrellseike3185]

You always seem to know what is needed, when it's needed. Love ya brother! Merry Christmas.

[@jamesfield6568]

Great story. I was waiting for more but the silence told it all.

[@Screwdriversteve1]

Years ago during a Remembrance Day service my young daughter complained that she was cold and wet. I told her the colder we are, the more miserable we are, the better, because we stand here for 5 minutes and those men stood in the trenches for 5 years. Now on Remembrance Day we stand together in the rain and cold, often with tears, thankful for our Privileges and Freedoms. God bless everyone, Merry Christmas

[@ComfortablyNumb1969]

Every Christmas eve marked an anniversary for my Uncle Red. He was trying to enjoy Christmas in Bastogne, but some germans had other plans. A white phosphorus mortar round landed near him burning off most of the flesh off one side of his right leg. Leaving him with a limp for the rest of his life. Yet he never lost his sense of humor. I will be spending Christmas with his wife. My Aunt, the last in her generation in my family, turned 99 this year. Could be the last year with her. Merry Christmas aVe.

[@stevewagoner9894]

Ah, yes… There is something extra special about spending the holidays in a trench. Christmas was usually uneventful, but thanksgiving I watched two marines go full on rock’em sock’em robots over the last turkey MRE.

[@user-dg7sy8cz3b]

Heard you choke-up. ❤️ I do it too when I remember my friend BQ Bratton. A Seabee, who spent two years on Guam after being part of the invasion to take it back. He came home and started a successful construction company, made babies with the love of his life, and never forgot his friends who were killed as teenagers who never got the chance to do the same. Freedom isn’t free. Merry Christmas, especially to all those other BQ’s that have never forgotten their friends they left in the Flanders Fields of the world. 😢

[@kevinnorris1427]

Gramps was a radioman with the 45th ID in Italy. I bet his christmas in 43 wasnt too different. If it werent for the war, he'd have been spending it in Hoboken NJ as a longshoreman

[@hochhaul]

If it weren't for the war, our government might not be threatening to prosecute parents that oppose school officials that try to transgender our children. After all, the books that were burned came from a research institute called the "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft." The epicenter of fringe sex fetish research into what is now referred to as sex reassignment surgery. Now referred to by its Marxist-Orwellian terminology "gender reassignment surgery". Purely jewish in origin then and now, all targeting a single ethnicity... whites of European descent. As many vets of that war said later on "we fought the wrong enemy."

[@BillSevere]

This one hits home. Merry Christmas everyone.

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Merry Christmas!

[@RobertHolden417]

Merry Christmas! Thank you for every story you share.

[@GlennHamblin]

Merry Christmas to you and all of yours , Brother.

[@bandittwothree3765]

My Grandfather was the youngest of 5 surviving in a Irish Catholic family from Philly. He had an 8th grade education. He joined the National Guard in '39 to support his Mother and Sisters. In 1944 he landed at Normandy with the 29th Infantry Division (Blue & Gray, Yin & Yang), spent 2 months slogging inland, and was captured at St Lo, France by German Paratroopers in a scouting mission. Spent the rest of the war in a German POW Camp, lost hearing in one ear from an allied bombing run that hit the camp, was freed by Russian tank columns, then walked from Poland to the Port of Odessa in winter. He was a Postman and a career Fireman, and retired with 3 pensions. In the 2000s, a night before I left to deploy overseas he looked at me with a tear in his blue Irish eyes and said "WW2 was 6 years of my life gone, wasted", then went to bed. That was 1 of 3 times he spoke a sentence about the war, though my Grandmother filled in the blanks. After he died I found his paybook, he got $50 a month while in the POW camp, $25 went to his Mother. He taught me not to do anything my conscience wouldn't comport with.

[@b.s.adventures9421]

Love your Christmas readings. Been coming to the fire for years now to catch ‘em. Thanks.

[@jameswhitlock5943]

Merry Christmas, love your work on here. Keep posting!

[@mitchelloates9406]

My father had a friend that he worked with, had known him for years before I was even born. He had served in the US Army in WWII, and most notably was at Anzio from the initial landing until the breakout. It wasn't until I and one of his teenage sons were in high school, that he started opening up and relating stories to us about his experiences in the war - now that I remember it, given his manner and tone, perhaps it was because he realized both I and his son were getting close to the age when we would be faced with the prospect of being drafted or enlisting, and he didn't want us to be under any illusions about what we could potentially be facing serving in the military. I'd lost track of him since seeing him at my father's funeral back in 2011, him being a very spry 90 years old at the time, and he greeted me like a long lost son, giving me a big bear hug, seemingly very pleased at the man I'd turned into over the years. But this time last year, one of the gents that turned up to regrade our gravel driveway, and had known both my father and this gent - and who I had assumed had since passed on due to his age - literally floored me when he said this gent was still alive and kicking and in good health - and who by my calculations, was already past his 100th birthday. If you're still with us Mr Ranson, Merry Christmas to you old man.

[@glynjones8187]

"Lest we forget", Merry Christmas everyone and a happy new year.

[@ankitptl100]

Man you are almost ready to write a book. Let me tell you I would buy it for sure. Joyeaux noel mon ami!!!

[@monkfoobar]

Something’s different about this season’s story. Pulled a tear from the eyes.

[@The.Talent]

I used to have a tradition where I'd put on ol' uncle bumble funk's re-telling of the classic Immaculate High.

[@wjanis1]

God bless and Merry Christmas !

[@thehogdoctor]

I've watched your videos for several years now and never had any clue that you were of that generation. You have my utmost respect.

[@stevenkelby2169]

😂 He's not, he's reading stories! Beautifully, I might add.

[@MrLalitknaidu]

😂 I do hope you're joking. He has a couple children under the age of ten, so if he were of that generation and still choochin', he would really deserve that respect.

[@alro2434]

There are 7 million Stories in the Naked City said the TV show I watched, it was from a book or something. There are 50-56 million stories from WWII soldiers & others killed, with many millions more from those that lived. This may have been retold from one of them. Stay Well & Warm, cause SO many others don't even have a chance.

[@gaad7938]

Damn, that last line hit me right square in the face. My dad was in WW2, in Papua, New Guinea. He was shot in the right collarbone. After the war he opened up a gas station, which he ran for almost 40 years. I miss him greatly. They were, in fact, the Greatest Generation.

[@dustysrandom5079]

Keep the stories coming ave. I think it’s good for us all.

[@ConorD20]

ive been watching your videos for years and none and i mean none of them fall short the knowlage and stories you pass on is exactly what young fellas like me need for for the future. Merry Christmas AvE

[@RAYROTHSTEIN66]

You reminded me of a good never watched movie of GI soilders in war during WW2.. Its called " A Midnight Clear"

[@Stefan-ts4kt]

Merry Christmas AvE and thank you for this one.

[@govnasir2121]

And guys who owned a service station, like their old man. God bless em!

[@raymondmarsolais519]

This made me miss Stuart McLean and the vinyl Cafe.

[@WaltWW]

A true Raconteur, easy on the ears and heavy on the heart.

[@wrenchmonkey3920]

my grandfather kept in contact for some time with the mayor of Satte JP. After signing up in 38, hither and to thru Europe, ended up on clean up assingment in Satte, fall of 45. The red cross either couldnt or wouldnt help the civilian population. so being senior nco he gave all the army supplies he could. His notebook records having to collect the guns and swords etc. My mother was brought back a geisha-in-glass with a *thank you* note on the back. Utterly defeated people thankful for food and blankets.

[@jeffpuras7501]

My Dad was a musician. He ended up in China with the Flying Tigers. I ended up in another part of Asia 22 years later. Great stories. Please keep them coming. 🎄🎄

[@BenKoren]

Man that ending got me. I’m not crying, you’re crying!

[@axdp944]

Thank you for this and all your videos. Merry Christmas!

[@FishyBoi1337]

another lucky refresh!! Man, I'm on a roll today, first novagroup, now uncle bumblefork!

[@Identified_Idiot]

You sound like an internet addict mainlining WiFi directly into your veins.

[@foxpopuli6982]

More of these, please. I love these little tales. They're so much more.....real, more human, than the drivel that comes from Hollyweird

[@pewheretic7967]

Peace and Fair Winds. You're welcome around my eight sons any day.

[@timbennett1707]

Good bit of Christmas history, thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@nicholasgoldstonegh4643]

Could tell in your voice fella.... that meant something personal to you fella.... You and Yours Have a good Xmas and a Happy and Successful New Year 🎉...... The Fridge Magnets and Keyring are A1... they arrived @ 10 days ago 😊 TTFN Nick from Portland U.K.

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

I been to Portland, Maine. Ain't worth a shit, full of Mainiacs. Bangor, now that's a town. Merry Christmas!

[@2373stevieb]

When the newly wed groom was asked why he was taking his bride to Wales for the honeymoon he replied, ‘I didn’t say that. I said I was going to bang her all week’😅.

[@nicholasgoldstonegh4643]

We're off to my Mothers tomorrow.... She turned 91 this year... still looking after herself and the Household n Garden..... sadly it's 9yrs since Dad passed away but..... Mum's still here and doing well.... off to Mums.... Stay Warm and well ..... Seasoned Greeting to You all in Canuckistan......

[@kwisin1337]

​@arduinoversusevil2025 the old cat farrie to bar harbor was a treat, a real treat......

[@kevinmccaw9071]

Merry Christmas Sir! You are indeed a class act.

[@dglcomputers1498]

My Grandad always had a feeling of shame that he never fought in WWII as he was in a reserved occupation (farmer) yet was as important to the war effort as any soldier. He was in the home guard and did some special training ready for if the Nazis invaded, something I think my mum thought was a tall tale until she visited the Swanage museum and saw some pieces about it. We also had a family friend who escaped from Jersey, somewhere that must have been horrific (I've been to the Guernsey war museums), and my Grans older brother was sent to South Africa just in case the Nazis won and the needed to start up Britain somewhere else. Where I live, Portland, there is a lot of reminders of the war given the area was part of the D-Day landings and we also have boats in service that went and rescued soldiers at Dunkirk, there's also a newish museum dedicated to D-Day (that's touched feely!). Also fairly close we have the worlds largest collection of tanks (and the only working Tiger I), and is a must visit for anyone visiting Dorset who likes that sort of thing. War is a horrid thing, something that seems lost on a lot of people these days.

[@dwp1970]

I have great respect for your family and all the other family's who kept the home fires burning. The idea of trying to keep a family and business going when the world is in chaos is a burden I am glad I haven't had to face. My Grandparents were too old and my parents and their siblings were too young so I always grew up with the stories of what life was like from the home-front. Here in the states it was a much easier life but I still find it hard to believe what it must have really been like. The museum in Bovington is spectacular and I enjoyed it but I think my next visit to the UK is going to have to include a trip to the channel islands. Thanks for the tip.

[@nicholasgoldstonegh4643]

I'm in Weston, on the old Royal Navy Estate 😊

[@thewoomelanghotel8756]

Ahh , what appreciation - thank you for the lesson - though I do believe I personally figured it out years ago. Lest we forget. Well done HOMBRE

[@krenwregget7667]

Happy Festivus everyone! I shall begin with the airing of grievances...

[@franksprecisionguesswork501]

Thanks for your informative videos. Thanks for the comedy. Thanks for the humbling stories. Thanks for the look into the past, the horrible past that we should not forget, nor forget to teach those who have been on this planet for a measly 20 years. I’m sitting here crying and hoping the human “I want your stuff” gene fades away from our genome like our vestigial tail. Happy (insert whatever doesn’t offend you holiday name)

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Nobody actually gets offended by earnest well wishes. That's all made up language police bullshit. Merry Christmas!

[@dirtydave4351]

It's a shameful thing to have to say they're trying to erase the past, not learn from it.

[@Martin52863]

We can keep reminding people of the past until we’re blue in the face, it won’t make any difference. The Human race is stupid and greedy and will keep making the same mistakes so long as there’s enough coin to gain from it. Merry ******* Christmas. Can anyone recommend a nice desert Island with a suitably head sized hole?

[@MattsAwesomeStuff]

@@arduinoversusevil2025 I said "Merry Christmas" to a customer. She paused and nodded and with a bit of a shrug said "I'm Jewish." I replied "Yeah, I'm Athiest." She smiled and said "Merry Christmas" and I said it again back to her, and I think it made both of our days better. The world is filled with good and civil people.

[@BadMOFO1080]

Merry Christmas AvE! I always like when you throw a little french here and there , being a francophone it makes me laugh.

[@deeskx]

thank you,,, my old man was there... and owned a service station

[@wardprocter2371]

Thank-you AvE. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@Gh0sTlyD3th]

Merry Christmas Uncle B. The story is touching, especially the end. We don't get to hear ya crack like that often, but it tells us the story is heartfelt. May you and yours have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from my family to yours.

[@jeffmassey4860]

Military and Intelligence should NEVER be used in the same breath! Yes,I served. Signal Corps. Thanks,uncle AvE!

[@qaszim2012]

Merry Christmas to you and your family, may this year bring an increased amount of uploads from you.😁 Ohh and happy christmas to Dewclaw.

[@upinarms79]

Grandad died at 94... Didn't fight in WW2, he was left back home because he was building planes for Lockheed. I suppose he was deemed necessary labor so didn't have to serve. Truth be told, I never really knew the whole story about why he wasn't chosen for the draft. I was too busy being a young, dumb teenager when he was still alive and didn't spend nearly enough time talking to him and learning absolutely as much as I could, as I now know I should have... Wish I'd known then how important that would be to me later in life. Youth truly is wasted on the young. Merry Christmas and thanks for the stories.

[@thenelsonfamily6484]

Merry Christmas from way too northern montana. Im thankful, among many other things in my life, that my old uncle bumblefuck gave us an early christmas present. Heres to the new year, with plenty of things to fix, and with any luck i fix a few.

[@billpetersen298]

A really well written and researched book about WW1. What it was like for the men. Into the silence. By I think Ward Davis.

[@4sl648]

The less men talk about the wars they were fighting to those outside the privacy of the VFW, the more significant and traumatic it probably was. A State Guard Colonel of mine who had been a Vietnam vet once told me that whenever you identify a Vietnam vet, go up and shake his hand. Say, "Thank you for your service. Im sorry I missed you at the airport. Welcome home!" When I have had the opportunity to do that, the reaction is often very moving.

[@tommiller7177]

From the title and picture, I assumed this was a video about a new electric vehicle jeep.

[@bigshow5173]

Merry Christmas

[@bholdr----0]

I think it was on Xmass, 1944 when Omar Bradley ordered all of the artillery that he had to fire a 'timed' salvo- one where all of the shells from thousands of artillery pieces were calculated to land at the exact same time... There's a celebration, for the Germans, eh? Edit- my mistake. It was on the 4th of july, 1944, as the allies (U.S, British, and Canadian) were in the process of breaking out from Normandy.

[@peterbrix660]

Marry Christmas to you AvE - from Denmark. Love your good work on KZbin.

[@hellbillyBob]

God bless us all, everyone . Merry Christmas

[@TheEmbeddedHobbyist]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, May your vice be fluffy and warm.

[@arlindkrasniqi3315]

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@madwilliamflint]

A lovely little interlude amidst the madness.

[@Fightosaurus]

Thanks for the holiday cogitation, brother.

[@RBurwell]

Merry Christmas. Got a bit choked up at the end there.

[@IanDarley]

Merry Christmas. Oh, congrats on your little cameo in Mining Boom 'tother day.

[@LevonsWound]

Happy Holidays!

[@jeffbarta6276]

Merry Christmas,

[@cheztaylor8]

Yeah, my old man was there. He was a carpenter. Merry Christmas from Australia.

[@ajs222222]

Cheers Ave. Merry Christmas.

[@robertwazniak9495]

I say Merry Christmas. Jews don’t get upset they just reply with Happy Hanukah and atheists reply Happy Festivus and Blacks reply Happy Kwanza… nobody gets offended being greeted with joy. As the song goes “Joyeux Noel, be it heaven or hell, the Christmas we get, we deserve.” Thank you Uncle Bumblefuck.

[@reddogknives]

Im a proud descendant of a courageous war torn family. From my great great civil war grandfather that my paternal grandma had his uniform tucked away in an old chest, brought it out once when i was but 5, to her son my uncle Dan the B-29 tail gunner that caught some anti aircaft flack in his back, who they operated on left a piece in there next to his spine they didnt want to touch in fear he may be paralyzed, patched him up and put him back in to finish the war, come home to a hero's weloming nation, just to reup in the korean war and do another stint, gets out to have his youngest brother, my father, join in on the heroism, receive a presidential medal of honor and 7 bronze stars, to cousin Carl, Uncle Dans son, who got drafted into the viet nam war. He told my brother and I about him driven a deuce and a half truck, hit a land mine and blew his buddy right out of the seat next to him. He had nightmares for years afterwards. And many more cousins and uncles to do their part and join in different branches of the military to do their part. I thank them all for the world we are all

[@reddogknives]

A world that we are all fortunate enough to live in today. To say nothing of my family that came out of the pour side of Germany, when the Russians were fighting Germany in World War I and take to Underground and Escape across Switzerland and reportedly migrate to this experiment of a nation called the US of A, that turns out to be the greatest and most powerful nation in the world. Yes im proud to be a descendant of all these men and women who fought to keep the world free and safe. God bless them all and to those who will fight to keep it that way.

[@groermaik]

Damdable onions...

[@williamkostecki5575]

Merry Christmas to you and your family

[@Phantom-mk4kp]

There was a situation in WW1 on Christmas day where a group of German and British soldiers held a short truce for a game of football

[@AllenSAshley]

Thank you for sharing this with us