- In a small town in Alabama,
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[cheering]
- After a devastating storm.
- We found out thatwe had lost everything.
- A community of resilient and loving people...
[laughter]
Are rallying to rebuild.
- Now their hopeis in a new house.
Their hope is in their future.
- And discovering the joy and power of giving.
- We have a home.
- That house means love.
- Now they're coming together
for a holiday gathering like no other.
- This is bringinghope to Christmas.
What is better than that?
[cheering]
- This is Hallmark Drama's "Project: Christmas Joy."
[festive music]
- Welcome to "Project:Christmas Joy"
on Hallmark Drama.
I'm Rashad Jennings,and I'm here in Beauregard,
a small townin eastern Alabama.
Behind me isProvidence Baptist Church,
a place of so manyacts of kindness this year.
On March 3rd, 2019,
this quiet, close-knitcommunity was uprooted
by a devastating EF4 tornado.
Tonight, we'll look backat how this town persevered,
and as the holidays approach,
we'll see this communitycome together
in celebration offellowship and love.
Let's take a look backat that day
that changed this town forever.
- March the 3rd, 2019,will be one of those days
you will never forget.
Me, my family,or the community.
[strong winds blowing]
- We knew that there wasa possible threat
of severe weather that day.
[wind and rain]
- It was an EF4 tornado
with maximum windsof 170 miles per hour.
[wind and rain]
This was just a remarkably powerful, violent tornado,
and it became one very quickly.
- Stop what you are doing.Listen to me right now.
Get in that tornado safe place.
- For many people,they just didn't have time
to get to a shelter.
[dramatic music]
- Tornado!
- The house started shaking.
♪
- And I could hear the wind.
You know, and the pressure.
- When the house lifted up,I really thought that was it.
♪
- It seemed like a few secondswas hours.
[thunder rumbling]
- Oh, my goodness.
This is real.
♪
- There was so much debris.It was so low and so close.
- Those are bricks and boards and plates
and glasses and cups and pictures.
These are literally people'shomes and lives
that have been physicallyripped off the earth
and thrown 18,000 feetinto the air.
- The destructionwas just so vast.
[solemn music]
- And everything's gone.
Everything's gone.
♪
- I'm from east Alabama.
These are my kind of people.
These are blue collar, hardworking,
kind people,
and to see them hurting the way they hurt
and losing what they lost--
♪
It's still hard.
♪
- The March 3rd tornado wasthe strongest to hit the area
in over a hundred years.
It took the lives of 23 people
and destroyed 219 homes.
Even though this townhas gone through so much,
this is not a story of tragedy.
This is a story of triumph,hope, and miracles.
Tonight, we'll meet five of the hundreds of families
in Beauregard and nearby Smith Station
who were affected by the tornado.
The Robertsons and their two young boys...
[children laughing]
The Wilsons and Grandma Ernestine,
sisters Andrea and Angela Rivera,
volunteer firefighters Susanne and John Polk,
and the Cardwells, devoted grandparents to six grandkids.
[hopeful music]
Within minutes of the storm,
this community wrapped their arms
around Beauregard's families.
That love continues as hundreds of volunteers
gather to build 11 homes in just one week,
nothing short of a miracle.
♪
- These families are nowgonna have a brand new home
to celebrate Christmas in.
[cheering]
- This is bringing hope to Christmas.
What is better than that?
- Hopefully, we can helpbring these families
of the town of Beauregardand Smith Station
a little bit of Christmas joy.
Now, let's meet the Robertsons.
[upbeat music]
Ben and Megan Robertson both grew up
in and around Beauregard.
- It's a pretty tight-knitcommunity,
and we've just come closerafter the storm.
- They love raising their two boys,
12-year-old Gavin and 5-year-old Eli,
in this quiet country town.
- It was just a typical Sunday.
We went to church.
I knew that we weresupposed to have,
like, thunderstorms, I thought.
- And I looked at the trees,and I'm like,
they're blowing harder thanI've ever seen before.
I was like,something is not right.
[tornado siren blaring]
- When they heard the warning alarms,
it was too late.
- I told them, it's time to get in a safe place.
- Megan ran to get Eli.
Gavin was out of harm's way at another house at the time.
They took shelter in their bathroom.
- The house started shaking.
[dramatic music]
Ben walked in.He said, "I saw the tornado."
He shut the door, and the housestarted shaking a lot.
The walls started to bow,
and the door busted open.
And so I just grabbed Eli andheld him as tight as I could,
and Ben grabbed me and held onas tight as he could,
and I startedimmediately praying,
and then the trailerstarted tipping--
[wind and rain]
And rolling.
And I just rememberjust trying to hang on
as tight as I could to Eli.
My fingertips actually,like, gripped him so hard
that he actually has scarsfrom my fingertips.
I was not letting him go.
- I just rememberthings falling,
like particle boardand cabinetry,
maybe hitting me, or--it was just coming down,
and then I blacked out.
[sirens blaring]
- The family members were each taken to separate hospitals.
Ben and Megan were both severely injured,
with multiple broken bones.
Eli had emergency surgery to treat skull fractures
and bleeding on the brain.
And he has since made a miraculous recovery.
- Now, he's a thrivingfive-year-old.
You couldn't even tellthat he was injured.
- Ben suffered lasting injuries to his legs and feet,
but he feels he has much to be grateful for.
- In the seven months,just seemed like
everybody in the communityhas helped our family
in some kind of way.
It's been really a blessing.
- Now, people from around the country
are providing them with more blessings.
A new home in time for Christmas.
♪
- It's definitely made meappreciate life
a lot more.
It's hard to believe,but we're living our best life
after the fact.
[laughter]
We lost everythingbut each other.
♪
- In the aftermathof the storm,
people from all acrossthe country
gathered here to rally aroundthose that were affected.
One of the many organizations that were instrumental
in helping this town is the Fuller Center for Housing.
What they are doing forBeauregard is truly incredible.
[festive music]
- It may seem like a Christmas miracle
to build 11 homes in five days,
but the Fuller Center is making it a reality.
- The Fuller Center wasstarted by Miller Fuller,
who actually startedHabitat for Humanity.
We build homes for low-income families.
- After the tornado,
local relief groups asked Kim
if they could rebuild homes for tornado victims.
- And I said, "What? We'venever built for disaster."
But the Fuller Center answered the call.
- When we first got hereand we stood there, I cried.
I said, "They don't evenhave a toothbrush.
They don't have anything. We have to do this."
So here we are, fixing to build11 homes in one week.
And Hallmark sponsoredthree of our homes.
That is amazing.
- 300 volunteers from 29 states and 5 countries
descended on this small town
during a near 100-degree heat wave,
including Fuller Center cofounder Linda Fuller.
- We're hot and sweaty andgetting blistered,
but it brings real joy to yourheart at the end of the day.
- All that sweat,it doesn't matter
'cause they know they'rehelping a family
that had nothing,
and they're gonna have a new home.
Ain't that a blessing?
- To have a home at Christmas,
and getting all the gifts around the tree
in your own home,
and have a meal in your home,
I want that for themreally bad.
♪
- This is why they're here. It's not about the house.
It's about the family.
- If the volunteers need any more inspiration,
they don't need to look any further
than Kim Roberts herself,
a double amputee who's never let it slow her down.
- We need to let them knowhelp is coming.
Hope is coming.
♪
- When I rode up to wheremy new house is being built,
and I see so many people
just willing to share their time
and build us a home, and--
it's an amazing feeling.
- I don't know that I havewrapped my head around
the strangers come togetherto make
a place for us to call home.
♪
[folksy "Deck the Halls"]
♪
- The volunteers are givingso much to these families,
and to honor this community
and all those who arehelping rebuild it,
Providence Baptist Church willhold a fellowship celebration.
As a special surprise,
we've enlisted our friendsat Glitter & Glow
to literally deck the hallsof the church.
We're bringing in holiday cheer
with beautifully decorated trees,
strands of garland,
and accents of native magnolia leaves.
Outside, we're setting up a special surprise
for all the families--
a giant Christmas tree.
I just hope that it will be,like, magical
when the families come inand they see it.
That's what we're going for.
- That's awesome, and I thinkwe're gonna do it.
Think we're gonna do it.- All right, yes we are.
[festive music]
- Coming up, we'll show youmore inspiring families
and at our night of fellowship,
we have a very special gueststopping by.
There are still plentyof holiday surprises ahead
on "Project: Christmas Joy."
Stick around.
[fun festive music]
♪
- Welcome back to"Project: Christmas Joy"
on Hallmark Drama.
We are in Beauregard, Alabama
helping bring someholiday spirit
to this close-knit community,
and preparing for a fellowship celebration
to honor them.
A powerful tornado devastated the town in March.
In the wake of the storm,
the community is rallied aroundeach other to rebuild,
including 300 volunteers
building homes for 11 familiesin just one week.
The Wilsons are receivingone of those homes.
Let's take a look.
[upbeat music]
- I'm Kolayah Wilson.
This is my wife,LaShawn Wilson.
- We have two children.
Qumran, who's 15, and Kaiyah is 13.
The Beauregard community hasjust been great.
We're all close.I mean, it's family-oriented.
You don't meet a stranger.
It's home.
[wind and rain]
- When the tornado came through,
the Wilsons' daughter Kaiyah was away at camp.
They raced next door,
where LaShawn's mother, Ernestine, lived.
Her brick house was safer than their mobile home,
and they hurried to the bathroom
and huddled together.
- The impact was so quick.
It was like, boom.
[dramatic music]
- And you can feelthe walls shaking.
- It was just intense.
That's when the power goes out.
- All of a sudden,everything just went bright,
and I was--my initial thoughtwas, "Oh, the light's back on."
She looked at me with,"Are you seeing this?"
And it wasn't the lights.It was the actual sky.
The roof was gone.
- My son, I just held him downclose to me.
You know, he's a big boy,
but, you know, in thosemoments, he's your baby.
- In the aftermath,
Kolayah and Qumran head out to find help,
while LaShawn stayed with her mother, Ernestine.
They were both injured,
but realized they were lucky to be alive.
[hopeful music]
A video of a call with her grandson
captured Ernestine's faith in the midst of tragedy.
- Oh, my God.- I thank the Lord.
You tell God thank you, Kiki.
- If it had not gonethe way it had gone,
you know, my mom's message isyou still tell God thank you.
♪
[upbeat music]
- Now Ernestine will have a new home
built on her property,
and thanks to their community and an army of volunteers,
LaShawn and Kolayah's family will be living next door
to Mom again in their new home.
- You really feel displaced
because you have nothingto go back to.
♪
So to have somebodystep in and say,
"We're gonnamake things happen"
was a big relief.
- We're looking forwardto new days.
We'll reestablish new feelings and new emotions,
and new memories.
- The events of the past year have given the Wilsons
a fresh perspective on the meaning of Christmas.
- The giving of each other andgiving of ourselves to others,
that's what the holidayswill be for us.
- And it reminds you to taketime out for each other
because that's whatmatters the most.
♪
[festive music]
- This scene at the churchis very different
from earlier this year,
when survivors,first responders,
and good Samaritansfrom all across Alabama
gathered hereduring the tornado response.
But tonight,we are gathering here
to help spread Christmas joy
to all of the familiesaffected by this storm,
including the Riveras,Andrea and Angela,
two sisters who losteverything,
but made a life-changingconnection
with one remarkable volunteer.
[peaceful music]
- My name is Andrea Rivera.
I moved here five years ago.
It was my sister, my mom, and my stepdad.
And I remember the songon the radio
that was playingon our way here.
It was "Sweet Home Alabama."
I was nervous, you know,to start a new life,
but I fell in lovewith my community.
I didn't realize how much of astrong community we were
until this happened.
- Andrea is 21 years old and studying to be a nurse,
On the day of the tornado,
she was working at the hospital in a nearby town.
Her mom, sister, and stepdad were home in Beauregard.
- At my lunch,it was around 2:30.
Everyone was talkingabout a tornado.
My coworker, she was showing meon her phone,
and I told her,
"That's where I live."
So I called my mom.
One thing about my mom,there was always an answer.
Always an answer.
She didn't pick up the phone.
[sorrowful music]
- Andrea found out later
that her mother, Carmen, didn't survive the storm.
Her stepdad and younger sister Angela were injured.
Angela was rescued
by a good Samaritan neighbor, Riley Belcher.
She was in such bad shape,
he initially thought there was no hope.
- Angela was in a hole
where a tree had beenblown down on her,
so we pulled her out,
and I cleaned her airwayand checked her pulse.
She had a pulse.
- Riley got Angela
the emergency medical attention she needed,
but his compassion didn't stop there.
He was so moved by the experience
that he signed up to lead the team of volunteers
building the sisters their new home.
- You not only saved her life,
now you're building her a home.
- It's coming full circle.
- Something horrible,something good.
- Yes.- So, you know,
we can talk about tragedy--
- Yes.- Or we can talk about hope.
- Yes.- This is hope.
- This is hope.
♪
- All right. Nice seeing you.
He didn't give up on her,
and he's still workingto make sure she's okay.
I can't thank him enough.
- I'm not a hero.
It's just a community
coming together to help those who hurt.
They lost everything.
And now their hopeis in a new house.
Their hope is in rebuilding.
Their hope is in their future.
That's why I'm out here--to give them hope.
- Now, Andrea has become
her teenage Angela's legal guardian,
and the two are making a home together.
- Even though we haven'thad it easy,
I believe we're blessed.
We have each other
and we're gonna have a placethat we can call home.
♪
- This town has been the sightof so many blessings
in the face of tragedy,
and coming up on"Project: Christmas Joy,"
we'll see more of them in action
as the town gathers for a night of fellowship
with some very special surprises.
Three, two, one![all cheering]
Stay with us.
[festive music]
- Welcome back to"Project: Christmas Joy"
on Hallmark Drama.
We are here in Beauregard, Alabama,
preparing a holiday celebration for the town
as it gets ready for its first Christmas
after a powerful tornado struck earlier this year.
From the moment the stormtouched down,
neighbors, first responders,and good Samaritans
from near and farsprung into action,
doing whatever they couldto help out,
and falling in lovewith the town in the process.
[upbeat music]
- This was a united efforton so many fronts
with so many first responders.
- Law enforcement, emergency medical services,
and fire departments from all over the region
swooped in to help.
- They were there without having to be notified.
The only questionthey asked was,
"What do you need,and where do you need me?"
- Susanne Polk and her husband, John,
are members of the Beauregard Volunteer Fire Department.
Their home was in the heart of the worst destruction,
but they were away in a nearby town
when the tornado struck.
Susanne raced back to Beauregard
to help with the rescue effort.
- It looked like a bombwent off.
Just devastating. Heartbreaking.
- But she did not check on her own home.
- Two hours later,we found out
that we had lost everything.
It broke my heart,but I was more concerned
with making surethat everybody was okay.
- We had one mission,
and that was to rescuethose who were lost
and comfort those who were grieving.
- We lost a lot, but we hada lot of survivors as well,
and that was alsothanks to just
how everybodypitched in together.
[solemn music]
- People come driving up onthe tractors with chainsaws,
and they startedclearing roads.
- I think everyonethat had a chainsaw
within 100 miles showed up.
- Providence Baptist Church
is the largest church in the area,
and quickly became a gathering place for relief efforts.
- Within hours, the churchfilled with supplies,
with clothes, with water,everything you can imagine.
We had so many volunteers,we didn't know what to do.
But everybody found their place.
- As I looked around, it was amoment where I felt like that--
that we had hope.
- Many volunteers uprooted their own lives
to come help the people of Beauregard,
including Carol Clemens from Texas.
- I came hereright after the tornado
to help with the recovery.
So many of the families we worked with,
they were in a really bad way.
We would talk with them,and they would say,
"You know what? Go help ourneighbors down the road.
They need it worse than we do."
I thought I was gonna stayfor three days,
and didn't want to leave.
And so, I bought a house
and moved to Auburn.
- Working on the recovery has
changed County Commissioner Robert Ham's life.
- We just wrapped our armsaround these people,
and gave them the support,and the love,
and the help that they needed.
- These people care about each other.
It just makes me very proudto be in this community.
- Now, several months after the tornado,
that caring community
is still helping their neighbors in need.
- A lot of times, after disasters,
three weeks later,three months later,
the world moves on,
and the people in the areafeel forgotten.
[hopeful music]
And here we are months later,
and giant segmentsof the country, the world,
are still coming here to buildhouses, and to spread hope,
and lift these people up.
I think that'sa really powerful thing.
- It's a reminderthat we are strong,
that we can endure, and life will go on.
♪
[festive music]
- The heart of the recoveryeffort started right here:
Providence Baptist Church.
And out here, as you can see,
the design team has beenhard at work on the decoration,
including a specialforest of trees
donated byHoliday Bright Lights.
What do we have going on?What are you doing here?
- So, we have a series of treesthat we're putting up.
We call it the Forest of Trees.
Thinking back whenyou were a kid,
and you see the Christmas treego up for the first time,
so we want to be ableto provide that feeling
for those that will be hereduring the celebration.
- That's awesome.
You know, being a partof this town,
how much pride do you feel
from watching the communitycome together?
- I didn't really understand
how strong of a communitywe could be
until after somethinglike that happened.
- So what else do we havegoing on?
- Well we havesomething special
planned for the community,
but that will have to waituntil later on.
- Okay, a surprise.
- Definitely a surprise.Yes, sir.
- I cannot wait to see itall put together.
- Well, thank you.- Yes, sir.
♪
This is such an importanttime of the year
for so many families,
including grandmother of six,Tammy Cardwell.
Tammy and her husband Jim'shouse was completely destroyed,
and she considers this new homethat is being built
to be somethingof a special Christmas miracle.
Now, Tammy is getting an early look
at where her home is rising again.
- The whole landscapeis just so different.
♪
- How are you doing?- I'm good. How are you?
- I'm hot and sweaty.
- Hi, Mary.- Nice to meet you.
♪
- Can I peek around?- Yeah, absolutely.
♪
- Thank you's not sufficient.
- Oh, it is.It is.
Just seeing the joy on yourface
is plenty sufficientfor us.
- I'm Tammy.- I'm Roxanne.
- How are you?- Very nice to meet you.
I'm great.- Thank you.
- So happy to be here.
- All these folks coming from everywhere in this heat
for people they don't even know--
I can't imaginewhere we would be
without folks like y'all.
Bless your heart.
It took a village, and they brought the village.
They brought the village.
That house means love.
The love that it tookto build it.
The love that's gonna fill it.
- Tammy and her husband are especially thankful that
their new home will be ready in time for Christmas,
even though only a few of their cherished decorations
survived the tornado.
- I know of two ornaments.
One of them was my granny's.
She made itwhen I was a little girl.
Little stick pins and sequins.
And one that my sister made me,
but that's okay.
I look forwardto Christmas Eve.
The kid's will come home,and all the grandkids,
and they'll be so excited.
[upbeat music]
And they won't knowwhat it's like
not to be at Granny'sand Papa's on Christmas Eve.
♪
- Coming up, our families willsee their newly finished homes
just in time for Christmas.
Plus, the halls will be decked,
and one very special tree
will be trimmed at Providence Baptist Church
for a special celebration to honor
all those who make Beauregard strong.
[festive music]
- Welcome back to"Project: Christmas Joy."
We are just outside ofProvidence Baptist Church
in Beauregard, Alabama,
where guests have started to arrive
for tonight's special celebration.
Our decorating team has been secretly
transforming this church into a Christmas wonderland
for the people of Beauregard.
- Today, this team is racing
to set up fora Christmas celebration,
but not long ago,over 300 volunteers
were working around the clock
to finish up the detailson 11 homes
for families that lost theirs.
[applause]
- Come right here,Wilson family.
- ♪ Coming home
♪ Back home to you
- This is the Polk family.
- ♪ It's the thought I hold onto ♪
- Welcome home,Robertson family.
[pop ballad]
- Thank you so much.Y'all did it.
[cheering]
[applause]
- Their home wascompletely destroyed,
and with sponsorship and a lotof love from the volunteers,
we've taken something bad,
and we've madesomething beautiful.
Welcome home, Cardwells!
[applause]
[hopeful music]
♪
- It's beautiful.- It is.
- To know you have a placeto cook Christmas dinner--
♪
Grandbabies comethrough the door--
that means everything.
♪
- This is a beautiful home,
and regardless of whatthe devastation looked like
after March the 3rd,
look at whatit looks like today,
'cause that's what matters.
[applause]
Welcome home, Polk family!Whoo-hoo!
♪
- We have a home.
♪
It's beautiful.
♪
Wow.
I'm looking forward to a lot of memories to be remade.
I've already been lookingfor Christmas trees.
♪
[stirring music]
[applause]
[cheering]
- Truly, everybody,you are a shining witness
of what can happenwhen people work together
for a common goal.
The ground's level around here
because everybodycame from afar
to meet a needthat only could be met
by loving hearts like yourself.
♪
- I'm fighting back tearsthat we still have this family
among the land of the living.
And we just declarethat this home will be blessed
♪
- If you touched this building,if you prayed for us,
we are grateful.
Our family couldn't bemore excited.
♪
[hopeful music]
- It hasn't been easy,
but you know,this was a blessing
how the community got together,
and how, now,we're gonna have a home.
- I wish I could say thank you,
and tell themhow grateful I am.
Every single person.
- You're welcome.
[applause]
- This is Andrea.
Andrea has now adopted Angela,her precious sister.
I believe
that this has made me stronger,
and I can make a difference,
just like these people are.
We're gonna take careof each other.
My mom is gonna be proud of us.
- She will.
- And we appreciate everythingthat you've done for us.
Thank you.
[applause]
♪
- These families,and all of the volunteers
that help maketheir new homes a reality,
are true examplesof the Christmas spirit,
and what it meansto be Beauregard strong.
In addition to sponsoring three homes,
Hallmark Channel has gifted an oak tree
that will be planted right here at Providence.
It's a lasting symbol
of the community's strength and fortitude.
- And we thank you,
literally, this nationand all of you,
for lending a hand to us,
and for helping us throughthis most difficult time.
Working together,
we're gonna see greatand greater things happen.
[uplifting music]
This tree,along with this bench,
the plaque says it all:
And I promise you,
it already hassent that message.
♪
Now, as Christmas approaches,
the town has come together
to share more kindness and strength.
- In the South,it's kind of a big deal
sharing a meal together.
And that's what we're doing here today.
- Caring is the key word,
and this event is justabsolutely an example of that.
- Hallmark and the Fuller Center
and this communityhas come together.
And we've not only provided homes for all these families,
but Christmas for all these families.
And this is the joyof Christmas.
Now, Providence Baptist Church is decorated and ready
for the special holiday celebration.
- ♪ O holy night
♪ The stars arebrightly shining ♪
♪ It is the nightof our dear Savior's birth ♪
♪ O night,O night ♪
♪ When Christ was born
♪ O night
♪ Divine
- Families who suffered so much loss
because of the tornado last March
are gathering for a time of fellowship
and a few festive surprises.
- ♪ O night
♪ Divine
- Thank you so very muchto the church choir
and the people of Beauregard.
Your compassion, strength,and giving spirit
has inspired and touchedall of our hearts,
and we want to give backsome of the love
that you've showneach other.
So right now,
I would like to bring the firedepartment of Beauregard
and a very special guest.
[cheers and applause]
Merry Christmas.Right this way.
[cheers and applause]
[jingle bells ringing]
[festive music]
Coming up on "Project: Christmas Joy,"
we have many more special surprises
for the families of Beauregard.
And we'll light up one extraordinary Christmas tree.
Stick around.
- Here in Beauregard, Alabama,
the community has gathered
for a special night of fellowship
after the devastating storm.
And as Christmas approaches,
a special guest is paying a visit
to the children of the town.
We would like to inviteall the kids of Beauregard
to come upand meet Santa Claus,
and receive a special gift.
[excited chatter]
- Ho, ho, ho.
Oh, thank you.
- Hey, sweetheart.How you doing?
Merry Christmas.
Being able to share in this,
and to help share joy and putsmiles on their faces,
it touches our hearts so much.
Seeing the love of this community come together
and see the friendshipsthat have been made,
you know, it's amazing.
- You ready? - Merry Christmas.
- What is it?
- It just makes me happy to see all the kids
receiving all these gifts afterthey have lost so much.
♪
- It's just one of the bestChristmases in a long time,
and that's whatthis community needed.
- It's so pretty.
- What a comforting feeling it is
to have our communitycome together.
To see the reactions of the kids, the families,
my heart today is justoverwhelmed with joy.
You can look back over the months of recovery
that these people have gone through,
and now, to see here at the holidays,
that they are coming all together once again,
but not tears of sadness, but tears of joy today.
♪
- Thank you, Santa.
- Thank you to our friendsat Burlington Stores
for donating these coats today,and keeping those in need warm.
Now that the kids have their presents,
it's time to take this celebration outside.
We've got a special gift for our families.
I want to thank these familiesfor being here.
Your faith, courage,and perseverance
has set an amazing examplefor all of us.
And to honor your strength,
and to help provide a senseof security in your new homes,
we would like to introduce youto a very special partner.
- I'm Lucas Stewart.This is my family.
Our company,Survive-A-Storm Shelters,
wants to gift you allwith a tornado shelter.
[uplifting festive music]
We install these sheltersall over the country,
so we see the devastationof these tornadoes every day,
and we're just honored that wecan provide y'all a safe place
to be able to gonext time there's a storm.
- That's awesome.[applause]
- Hey, thank you.
- We have one more surprise for everyone.
[festive music]
It's time for us to gather around
the special Christmas tree
to kick off the holiday season.
All right, you folks ready tolight up this Christmas tree?
[cheering]
All right, here we go.
all: Three, two, one.
[cheers and applause]
[cheerful music]
[cheers and applause]
♪
Our friends atHoliday Bright Lights
are sending families homewith a special Christmas tree
as a symbol of hopeduring the holiday season.
[applause]
♪
This has been trulya magical evening.
A very special thank youto all of our volunteers,
and to all the peopleof Beauregard, Alabama,
for welcoming uswith open arms,
and showing us that kindness,love, and bravery
can overcomejust about anything.
And to those of you at home,
we would like to wish yourfamily a very happy holiday.
- ♪ Joy to the world
♪ The Lord has come
♪ Let Earth receive her King
♪ Let every heart
♪ Prepare him room
♪ And heaven and nature sing
♪ And heavenand nature sing ♪
♪ And heaven
♪ And nature sing
- Good night, folks.
[cheers and applause]