{"id":1852,"date":"2023-12-15T11:18:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T16:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2024-12-13T09:05:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:05:18","slug":"caroling-caroling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/caroling-caroling\/","title":{"rendered":"Caroling, Caroling!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;true&#8221; custom_padding_t=&#8221;30&#8243; custom_padding_b=&#8221;30&#8243; row_hide_sm=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_hide_md=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_hide_xs=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_zindex=&#8221;999&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1706567809158{background-color: #faf5eb !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\"><div class=\"container-fluid row_section vc_row_cp_lr_15 vc_row_cp_t_0 vc_row_cp_b_0\"><div  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_column-gap-15 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The community lifts their voices to sing the joyous hymns and pray a solemn prayer of submission to God, our Father. December is an especially favorite time as the carols of old are sung:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Joy to the world, the Lord has come. Let earth receive her King, let every heart prepare Him room and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>O Little Town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It came upon a midnight clear, that glorious song of old, from angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold: \u201cPeace on the earth, good will to men from heaven\u2019s all-gracious King.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Neuroscientists have\u00a0identified congregational singing as evoking shared \u201cneural activation among listeners in key emotional centers of the brain such as the amygdala, insula and caudate nucleus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>These experiences\u00a0create\u00a0a surge of endorphins and a release of xytocin, resulting in a heightened sense of \u201cfellow feeling,\u201d a deepening of \u201csocial bonds,\u201d a loss of self-protective \u201cboundaries,\u201d and an increased sense of \u201cfeeling felt by another\u201d \u2014 which is to say, an increased sense of empathy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the scientific theory of \u201cHebb\u2019s axiom\u201d neurons that fire together wire together, and a people who sing together experience a wiring together of their neural networks. They become\u00a0tethered\u00a0to one another in neurological and physiological ways, not just in affective or relational ways.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Corporate singing is important for every person. We come together with a shared faith in a shared melody. Make time this Christmas season to carol together with family and friends in the car, at home, at church, and in your neighborhood. May the sounds of Christmas echo the minds and hearts of your family as we live out these days before Christmas.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1861&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_separator width_in_percentages=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column_text]<sup>1<\/sup> Taylor, W. David O. (2022, August 29). 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