Kakorrhaphiophobia

The fear of failure


Ike was absolutely correct, we truly need to beware 'the military-industrial complex.' I had been highly suspicious of the follow statistic - the US has been involved in some form of 'armed military' conflicts 227 out of the 244 years of it's existence. But I've tracked it across a number of different sources, for example 1, 2 & 3, and a consensus seems to be that we are a very war-like nation. So it is very easy to see how the true reason for the holidays is lost in the fog of war -

Today's theme - The holidays during wartime -


The Christmas Truce on the Western Front of 1914 -





Little Jack Frost Get Lost - Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee -




Christmas In Korea -




Christmas in Viet Nam - Soul Searchers -



What set the Christmas songs of the Vietnam War apart was their naked honesty concerning the plight of the soldier. These guys weren't very happy to be there - at least, they didn't stay that way very long after going "in country."


Bob Hope USO Christmas Special from the Persian Gulf -




Christmas in Fallujah Billy Joel -




Christmas Day from Afghanistan 2017 -




Happy Xmas (War Is Over) -





Demand Euphoria!