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Roundup

12-31-69

'Joyeux Noel' Celebrates Brief Holiday Truce in WWI [4min]

It seems the wrong time of year to release a movie called"Merry Christmas." But the French film Joyeux Noel, about a celebrated World War I Christmas truce, is nominated for a Foreign Film Oscar at Sunday's Academy Awards. Bob Mondello reviews the film.

Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"