Love Lives Here, a local nonprofit organization committed to creating a caring, open, accepting and diverse community, will hold a “Celebrate the Light” gathering at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at 100 Central Ave. in Whitefish during the community’s annual Christmas Stroll.

Organizers said that for only the fourth time in the last 100 years, Christmas and Hanukkah will fall on the same day. All are welcome to the event of music, singing and celebrating diversity.

Ina Albert, a founder of Love Lives Here in Flathead Valley, said, “Whitefish is blessed to have dedicated faith leaders that are committed to bringing light to the darkness.

“Separatism can only grow if the soil is receptive to prejudice,” Albert said. “Truth, love and kindness will always win out if our community can find ways to accept and validate each others’ liberties and freedoms.”

Love Lives Here is encouraging local businesses to display “Love Lives Here” signs in their store windows to show their patrons that Whitefish businesses support a diverse and unified community based on mutual respect. The Whitefish City Council adopted a resolution supporting diversity and tolerance in the community two years ago.

For more information and to download a Love Lives Here sign to display in the window of a home or business, visit: www.loveliveshereflathead.org.

For current events, follow: www.facebook.com/LoveLivesHereFlathead/.