Long Beach Community College
Who is the current President of Long Beach City College?
Dr. Mike Muñoz
This plant with red berries and green leaves is often hung so people can share a kiss underneath it.
Mistletoe
This warm winter drink is often topped with whipped cream and marshmallows and is a universal cure for cold weather moods.
Hot Chocolate
This movie features a kid who defends his home from two burglars using paint cans, micro machines, and pure chaos.
Home Alone
This continent is the coldest on Earth and is covered almost entirely in ice.
Antarctica
This LBCC Department connects students directly to job trainings and opportunities with employers across the region.
Workforce Development
This holiday celebrates the lighting of the menorah for eight nights.
Hanukkah
This holiday cookie comes in many shapes and spices, and some people even build entire houses out of it.
Gingerbread
This green character tries to stop Christmas, only to have a change of heart after hearing the Whos sing.
The Grinch
This European island nation is known for volcanoes, hot springs, and winters where the sun barely rises.
Iceland
This iconic Mexican American singer, known as La Diva de la Banda, once attended LBCC before becoming a global superstar.
Jenni Rivera
This holiday marks the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
Winter Solstice
This Puerto Rican holiday drink is creamy, coconut-based, and often called “Puerto Rican eggnog,” except it’s way better and usually way stronger.
Coquito
This classic film follows a man who sees what life would be like if he had never been born.
A Wonderful Life
This African mountain, though near the equator, is topped with snow and ice year-round.
Mount Kilimanjaro
This annual LBCC event brings out student clubs, food, music, and Viking spirit, kicking off each semester with community energy.
Welcome Day
This sweet bread, famous in Mexico, appears during the holiday season and usually contains a hidden plastic baby that everyone hopes they don’t bite into.
Rosca de Reyes
This treat made from marshmallows, cereal, and melted butter is magically festive when someone adds red and green sprinkles.
Rice Krispies Treats
In this iconic holiday scene, four high-school girls perform Jingle Bell Rock in matching red outfits, only for the music to skip and the choreography to fall apart.
This frozen desert in South America is so cold and windy it’s nicknamed the “Gateway to Antarctica.”
Patagonia
This iconic LBCC athletic facility, built in 1950, was once one of the largest community college stadiums in the nation.
Veterans Stadium
This figure from Alpine folklore is known for scaring misbehaving children during the holidays and has become a pop-culture icon with his own festivals and parades.
Krampus
This dessert, layered with chocolate, candy canes, and crushed cookies, is so sweet it should come with a warning label but nobody seems to mind.
Holiday Bark
This film, based on Charles Dickens’ iconic tale, follows a cold-hearted man who is visited by three spirits who force him to confront his past, present, and future.
A Christmas Carol
This cold desert in Asia is one of the least populated regions on Earth and experiences temperatures that can drop below −40 degrees Fahrenheit.
Siberia