Holiday Spirit
Fireworks, countdowns, and staying up until midnight are common traditions for celebrating this annual fresh start.
What is New Year's or New Year's Eve?
LIFT celebrated this silver anniversary in 2024.
What is the 25th?
"You better watch out, you better not cry"—this jolly figure knows when you're sleeping and when you're awake.
Who is Santa Claus?
The ball drop has been a highlight of New Year's Eve celebrations in this LIFT city since 1907.
What is New York?
This nine-branched candelabrum is lit during Hanukkah, with one candle used to light the others over the course of eight nights.
What is a menorah?
"Change is made possible when people can live into their strengths and potential", when we let this new LIFT value shine.
What is brilliance?
"Deck the Halls" with boughs of this festive and prickly greenery.
What is holly?
This LIFT city enjoys warm winter climates, with holiday temperatures hovering in the 60s—one might say, they're "Not Like Us".
What is Los Angeles?
The principle of Ujima, which emphasizes "collective work and responsibility" in our communities, is honored on the third day of this African-American holiday.
What is Kwanzaa?
This LIFT program, which doubled in size this past year, empowers its members to create sustainable pathways to economic mobility through thriving local businesses.
What is Entrepreneurship?
In "Frosty the Snowman", the jolly happy soul has a corncob pipe, a button nose, and two eyes made out of this material commonly used to keep fires going.
What is coal?
During the holiday season, you can visit the pandas by day and enjoy the ZooLights by night in this LIFT city.
What is Washington, DC?
Nochebuena not only means Christmas Eve in Spanish but is also another name for this vibrant red holiday flower.
What is poinsetta?
This process, completed through four working groups concluding in November, has been driving the alignment of team roles and resources to bring LIFT's strategic plan to life.
What is Program Staffing Redesign?
"When it’s dry and ready", you can play with this little clay toy that’s also the subject of a classic Hanukkah song.
What is dreidel?
This LIFT city boasts beautiful lakeside beaches year-round, but during the holiday season, you’re better off skating in Millennium Park than "chilling" on Lake Michigan's shores.
What is Chicago?
Celebrated on December 26th in several countries (particularly those in the Commonwealth) this holiday is associated with acts of generosity, such as donating gifts or sharing with the community.
What is Boxing Day?
LIFT's program is now considered evidence-based, after the results of this randomized control trial showed a statistically significant impact on participants' education goal attainment.
What is HHS study?
We'll "take a cup of kindness yet" in this classic New Year's tune that reflects on old friendships and memories.
What is "Auld Lang Syne"?
In this inaugural LIFT city, the Yale campus shines with holiday lights, and the annual 'Tree of Light' on the Green is a cherished tradition.
What is New Haven?