Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/December 25

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  • The song title "Silent Night" should be in quotes, not italicized. Italics are reserved for long-form works (i.e. albums); songs are rendered in quotes. --FuriousFreddy 14:03, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    • Most definitely Phoenix2 02:42, 23 May 2005 (UTC)


I think the birth of Jesus should be on here, I'm not really big on religion, but a lot more people are going to care about that than the Republic of Ezo. Coocooforcocopuffs 23:05, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

"Christmas" is there already. The birth of Jesus on the 25 of December is a tradition and most scholars agree it's not an accurate date, it's just a celebration. Besides, we don't even know the year that Jesus is born in. Aran|heru|nar 05:24, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Probably the year 0 or 1 A.D., seeing as B.C. is before he was born. --Coocooforcocopuffs 01:22, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Again, no one knows but it's not generally believed to be 1 A.D. (there's no such thing as year 0). Check out Christmas and Nativity of Jesus for more details Nil Einne (talk) 13:40, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "the West"

"800 - Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor, a title that had been out of use in the West since the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in 476. "

"the West", I believe, means "the Western Roman Empire" in this context. It should therefore link there. I have explained here. Aran|heru|nar 05:24, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

A title to be used in the "Western Roman Empire" in the year 800 ? That empire was done centuries earlier. I'm not sure if the current link is right, but I don't know how to fix it. --PFHLai 21:59, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mistake

Silent Night was first performed on 24th, not 25th, see [1] or [2]. --Japo (talk) 16:47, 20 December 2007 (UTC)