About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Abortion in media, Christmas by medium, Class reunions in film, television and literature, Down syndrome in film and television, Elections by medium, Espionage by medium, Media portrayal of HIV/AIDS, Paranormal mass media, U.S. Civil Rights Movement in media, War by medium, Spy fiction, Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, Crime fiction, Spy film, Christmas music, Coast to Coast AM, Hairspray, Christmas controversy, Royal Christmas Message, Grosse Pointe Blank, List of 20th-century writers, The American Way, The Big Chill, Alternative Christmas message, William Winstanley, Southern Television broadcast interruption hoax, Peggy Sue Got Married, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Life Goes On, Two Trains Running, Lily: A Longitudinal View of Life With Down Syndrome, I'm Not Sorry.net, 500 Years Later, Embedded journalism, Kensington Books, Past Mortem, Up Syndrome, Peter's Friends, John and Michael, Ten Year, Coming Down the Mountain, Book World/Blue Star, Secular Christmas stories, National Lampoon's Class Reunion, POZ, Madea's Class Reunion, Paranormal fiction, Christmas FM, 1960: The Making of the President, Spirit of '73: Rock for Choice, Since You've Been Gone, Christmas in literature, Duo, Paranet Continuum, List of Christmas novels. Excerpt: Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter. Music was an early feature of the Christmas season and its celebrations. The earliest chants, litanies, and hymns were Latin works intended for use during the church liturgy, rather than popular songs. The 13th century saw the rise of the carol written in the vernacular under the influence of Francis of Assisi. In the Middle Ages, the English combined c...
