Christmas Under Fire

7/24/2025

Ok, so the narrator keeps calling Britain England, and that is annoying, but if you just turn down his ramblings then you may appreciate a slightly sentimental but still quite poignant look at how the U.K. approached Christmas. The year hasn’t been an unadulterated success on the wartime front, and there are ruined buildings a-plenty. Attitudes are not, however, ruined, and with a clear stoicism we see an opportunistic window cleaner who puts a sign over his devastated shop front declaring “Window cleaner open for business. If you haven’t any windows left, we’ll clean your chimneys instead” There is also an haunting rendition of “Silent Night” floated over some images of families, children, trees and Christmas scenes that suggest that, at least for this one day, things in this war-torn lan