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The Christmas Truce of 1914, holiday beers, and holiday music from the @GeorgiaStraight

Every week our friends at The Georgia Straight provide us with a preview of what you’ll see on - and in – their paper that week.

Every week our friends at The Georgia Straight provide us with a preview of what you’ll see on - and in – their paper that week. They are the source for lifestyle and entertainment in our city and along with their robust online presence they've always released a print edition, distributed everywhere each Thursday.

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This issue is their 2,452nd and on the cover this week is Chor Leoni’s All is Calm. Making peace through music: Chor Leoni’s All is Calm relives the Christmas truce of 1914, when a simple carol brought a temporary halt to a brutal war.

Here are some links to stories highlighted on the cover:

- Chor Leoni’s All Is Calm relives the Christmas truce of 1914 by Alexander Varty

- Pull out these beers at your holiday party by Joe Wiebe

- Day trips from Vancouver to Victoria, Seattle perk up the holidays by Carolyn Ali

- The Georgia Straight’s 2014 Year in Review: it wasn’t all Ebola and ISIS by Martin Dunphy and Miranda Nelson

- Holiday discs 2014: Sounds of the Christmas season by John Lucas, Mike Usinger and Adrian Mack

Pick up a copy of the Straight when you see it!