The Christmas truce (German: Weihnachtsfrieden; French: Trêve de Noël; Dutch: Kerstbestand) was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires along the...
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Christmas Eve. During World War I in 1914 and 1915 there was an unofficial Christmas truce, particularly between British and German troops. The truce...
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both sides of the Russian invasion of Ukraine for an Eastern Orthodox Christmas truce. On the evening of the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed...
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24, 2021. "The Real Story of the Christmas Truce". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved December 24, 2021. "Christmas Truce 1914". BBC School Radio. Retrieved...
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The Christmas Truce is a play by Phil Porter based on the true events during the First World War. The play was produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company...
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miracles and happenings around World War I, such as those of the Christmas truce, the stormtroopers of the German Army, the Race to the Sea, the Treaty...
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Krampus (redirect from CHRISTMAS DEVIL)
The birch branches are replaced with a whip in some representations. On Christmas Eve, Krampus travels with a sack or a basket strapped to his back; this...
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failed efforts at a Christmas truce, leading to Snoopy being sent out to hunt his sworn foe. The song references the 1914 "Christmas truce" of World War I...
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Joyeux Noël (redirect from Merry Christmas (2005 film))
Noël (English: Merry Christmas) is a 2005 war drama film based on the Christmas truce of December 1914, depicted through the eyes of French, British, and...
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Twice Upon a Time (Doctor Who) (redirect from 2017 Christmas special (Doctor Who))
deliberately shifted the Captain's timeline forward to the start of the Christmas truce, to ensure his life would be spared. The First Doctor informs the Twelfth...
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Live and let live (World War I) (category Christmas truce)
Western Front. Perhaps one of the most famous examples of this is the Christmas truce of 1914. It is a process that can be characterised as the deliberate...
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Boxing Day (redirect from Second Day of Christmas)
Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide (26 December). Boxing Day was once a day to donate...
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Alfred Anderson (veteran) (category Participants of the Christmas truce of 1914)
Contemptibles), the last known combatant to participate in the 1914 World War I Christmas truce, Scotland's last known World War I veteran, and Scotland's oldest man...
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Wonderful Movie - Your Guide to Family and Christmas Movies on TV: ION Original Movie "A Christmas Truce"". Itsawonderfulmovie.blogspot.co.za. Retrieved...
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"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. A classic example of a cumulative song, the lyrics detail a series of increasingly numerous...
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The Christmas pickle is an American Christmas tradition. A decoration in the shape of a pickle is hidden on a Christmas tree, with the finder receiving...
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A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in...
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It was released on 4 March 2022. The first single from the album, "Christmas Truce", was released on 29 October 2021. The second single from the album...
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White elephant gift exchange (redirect from Nasty christmas)
Grinch Game, Thieving Elves, Snatchy Christmas Rat, Cutthroat Christmas, Redneck Santa, Machiavellian Christmas, Kamikaze Gift Exchange and Bastard Secret...
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Christmas horror is a fiction genre and film genre that incorporates horror elements into a seasonal setting. The genre is part of a seasonal tradition...
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A Christmas stocking is an empty sock or sock-shaped bag that is hung on Saint Nicholas Day or Christmas Eve so that Saint Nicholas (or the related figures...
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Oh! What a Lovely War (category Christmas truce)
Oh! What a Lovely War is a 1969 British epic comedy historical musical war film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble...
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Blue Christmas (also called the Longest Night) in the Western Christian tradition is a day in the Advent season marking the longest night of the year...
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Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as the Twelve Days of Christmastide, are the festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity. Christmas Day is the...
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A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 animated television special. It is the first TV special based on the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz, and...
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All Together Now (The Farm song) (category Christmas truce)
Hooton wrote the lyrics in his early 20s, after reading about the Christmas truce of 1914. The song was first recorded under the title "No Man's Land"...
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"Something Good" 2015 My Life as a Dead Girl Zach Television film 2015 Christmas Truce Berkowitz Television film 2016 Motive Josh Martin Episode: "The Dead...
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Skipping Christmas is a comedic novel by John Grisham. It was published by Doubleday on November 6, 2001, and reached #1 on The New York Times Best-Seller...
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English-speaking cultures, a Christmas elf is a diminutive elf that lives with Santa Claus at the North Pole and acts as his helper. Christmas elves are usually...
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