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I noticed that throughout the article truce is both capitalized and uncapitalized. I'm not sure what the correct form is, but this might want to be looked into. §hep • ^Talk 02:18, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Corporal Adolf Hitler.[citation needed] Hitler was an atheist and thus he also refused to participate in the secular religious celebration of Christmas that were being observed by both sides.

I noticed this sentence does not make since Hitler was catholic at the time, I think. Also Christmas is a religious holiday, not a secular one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.194.129.136 (talk) 00:57, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This had been given a {{fact}} request but, considering comments from User:76.194.129.136, above, now deleted. --Old Moonraker (talk) 09:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed was Hitler catholic. He never opted out of the church and paid church tax until his dismal end. Ontologix (talk) 14:53, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hitler joined the German (Bavarian) army in 1914. Did he make corporal by Christmas that year? Is there any documention of his feelings in 1914 about "celebrating" Christmas by taking the day off? Assuming arguendo that he was an atheist in 1914, that doesn't mean that he would have refused to enjoy a day off -- perhaps by reading one of his books, perhaps by sketching the landscape on a piece of paper. Maybe one of you objective Hitler experts can provide documentation on these points. (71.22.47.232 (talk) 00:14, 25 December 2010 (UTC))[reply]

The film A Midnight Clear also has a pivotal scene in which some soldiers arrange a Christmas truce to surrender (which then goes wrong). Should it be mentioned? Cheers, cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 11:43, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No citation or explanation is given as to how Silent Night was an inspiration for the Christmas truce. This also affects the current revision of the Silent Night article, in the "See also" section.

It appears this section was added by these recent changes: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christmas_truce&diff=1323638027&oldid=1322121774 ~2025-43426-68 (talk) 02:33, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]