Every year, on the last Backyard Almanac of December, Larry Weber makes a request that has nothing to do phenology or the natural world: he just wants to hear John McCutcheon's song, "Christmas in the Trenches." So we decided to make some additional information about the song - and the story behind it - clickable for other fans.
If you're curious about Larry's perennial Christmas favorite, "Christmas in the Trenches" by John McCutcheon, here's ahttps://youtu.be/QTXhZ4uR6rs" onclick="window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;"> link to a YouTube video of the song. It was a "project for Mr. Cutler's grade 6 class."
Here is the link to a book that John produced based on his song.
And here is a recounting of the story from The History Channel.
