For Christmas, no-man's land looks good

Call it a Moratorium on Meanness.

On Friday, Christmas Eve, the Press Opinions page will be nasty-free.

Belittle Biden? Well, go ahead. Your letter simply won't run while Santa is on his way.

Trample Trump? Same deal. The strongly suggested guidelines of If You Can’t Say Anything Nice, Keep Your Trap Shut apply doubly on Christmas Eve.

NIC trustees, vaccination foes, library demonstrators, and yes, even Kootenai County Republican Central Committee members, perhaps we can all make a temporary peace pact reminiscent of Christmas Eve 1914.

That’s when German and British troops sang Christmas carols during a spontaneous cease fire. According to historians, a number of German soldiers left their trenches Christmas morning and crossed into no-man’s land. Once the Brits saw it was no trick — the Germans were unarmed — soldiers shook hands, exchanged gifts and sang carols.

Now, exchanging gifts with foes might not be in your repertoire, but exchanging constructive words, compliments and kindnesses is within every single person’s reach.

Let's all focus Friday on Christmas cookies, last-minute charitable checks, unbridled kindness, anonymous gestures of goodwill, and maybe a few more Christmas cookies.

Cease fire. Let's put down our guns, sip some spiked nog and sing Christmas carols together.

Maybe, just maybe, the spirit of the season can improve us all.