A Winter's Tale

As Dan Braithwaite's best friend Fred lies dying in his arms in a shell hole on the Western Front in 1918, he asks Dan to promise him three things: That he'll keep smiling no matter what life throws at him, that he'll raise a glass to the Lost Lads of England every Christmas Eve in the pub they knew so well back home, and lastly that Dan will tell Fred's Nan that he died well and that he loved her very much. Dan gives Fred his word that he will, and in return Fred promises that he will some...