Hello and welcome back to Middle Ground.

I'm Joe and I'm Caroline.

And we're super excited about this episode, or I am.

So am I.

I've been thinking about this for weeks now and am stoked. You guys came through and so many of you

emailed us and we're going to be sharing holiday traditions and all of that good stuff. But first,

I would like to start with our grounding moment. So Caroline, do you know your grounding moment?

I do. So earlier this week, I was driving with my mom and my

grandma and we were passing like our downtown square and it was all lit up with the lights and

stuff. We're like, oh my gosh, it's already lit up. Like, we were so excited.

And then there was, like, all these people around.

And I was kind of confused because, you know, COVID.

I was like, what are all these people doing?

And I saw, like, lights and cameras and all stuff.

I was like, they're filming a movie.

I was like, a Hallmark movie.

Oh, were they really?

No, they weren't. But in my head, I was like, oh, it's so cute.

Like, the town's so cute.

They have a huge Christmas tree. We do live in a great area to film a Hallmark movie.

Oh, yeah, perfect area.

And so I had no doubt in my mind.

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