EduNews Magazine EduNews Dec2013/Jan2014 | Page 20

What Jesus’ birth still teaches us today Christmas time is family time, a time when people draw closer to the ones they love and care for to share a bit of time and a wonderful meal or two - together. Eating together is one of the age-old traditions to strengthen bonds between people. It’s the physical closeness, the smells and the tastes, the listening and the talking that stimulate the emotional brain to secrete feel-good hormones such as oxytocin – the love hormone. Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship William P. Young