When I first read the poem I was somewhat confused, as I had never heard of a Christmas Truce at Belleau Wood (I had obviously not been acquainted with the Garth Brooks song.) So after a little Googling I figured out that it was a G. Brooks tune and allowed him a little poetic license. I guess not enough people in the country market (or in America in general, I suppose) had ever heard of places like Vosges and Ypres (nor do they roll off the tongue as readily as Belleau Wood) to make it more accurate. In my research I also came across something else I hadn't heard of before: Snoopy's Christmas. I will have to see if I can find a copy as my 7 year old is all about Snoopy and his WWI adversary. (There is a Snoopy Vs. the Red Barron video game that he loves. He has also been exposed to numerous Snoopy related things since birth due to my wife's life-long love of the former machine gunner's most famous creation.
