© Getty Images At this magical time of year, when we give and receive with open hearts, the desire for all of us to come together and make the world a better place is particularly strong.
In promoting that spirit and the belief that small gestures can make a big difference, FIFA.com tells just a few of the tales in which football has played its part in helping to heal wounds, restore hope and bring joy, even in the most trying of circumstances.
The Christmas truce
The First World War was fought mainly in the trenches of Belgium and northern France. And it was between those trenches, near the Belgian town of Ypres, that German and British soldiers came together to play one of the most celebrated of all football matches on a chilly Christmas Eve in 1914, only a few months after the conflict began.
The catalyst for the game was the lighting of candles in the German trenches and the sound of carols drifting across "No man’s land" to the watching British. Cautiously at first, so..
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