The ending of December 1943   Somewhere in the forest, the snow was three feet deep   Two allied soldiers walking, trying not to freeze   Far from home on Christmas Eve      A cabin with the light on brought them to its door   A woman said, "In my home you can't bring in your war   So leave your rifles outside up against a tree   There's peace on Earth on Christmas Eve"      And they sat by the fire and they talked all night long   Sang Christmas hymns and showed pictures of home   In the middle of a great war, it's so hard to believe   There's peace on Earth on Christmas Eve      Later in the evening, footsteps in the night   Two German soldiers freezing   The woman went outside      "You're welcome here in my home   But your guns will never be   There's peace on Earth on Christmas Eve"      The soldiers all were frightened   When they stood face to face   The woman said, "You're brothers   Part of the human race"      "Tonight we're all just family   And we'll get down on our knees   And praise His name on Christmas Eve"      And they sat by the fire and they talked all night long   Sang Christmas hymns and showed pictures of home   In the middle of a great war, bitter enemies   Found peace on Earth on Christmas Eve      Early that next morning   They went their separate ways   Shook hands and hugged that woman   There on Christmas Day