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The Rogers Forge neighborhood just outside Baltimore, the message is in the lights. Love lives here. See, these aren't the Riggs's lights or the Morten's lights. They're the community's lights connecting neighbor to neighbor. Hey, friend. How are you? Good, how are you? It all started in the height of the pandemic when Kim Morten was feeling down.

This began as a wonderful gesture of a long friend.

Yeah. Her neighbor, Matt Riggs, had an idea to cheer her up.

So I strung lights up my tree, and then I wanted to see if I could get them to come across because I did want to create that connection.

I had texted me say, Hey, come out and look. And I found a tin of cookies on my doorstep and the lights and it was just wonderful.

At first, it was just their two homes. Hey, friends. How are you?

Hello. How are you?

House by house, their neighbors joined in until nearly every single house was linked by light.

And then the next thing you know, within two or three weeks, more lights started coming up, and it was.

Just beautiful. But it wasn't just their block. Other streets throughout the neighborhood joined in too.

Kim on top. I'll be right there.

A logistical... All right. And time-consuming effort. It? Yeah, we're all done. It's done.

It's actually...

Yes! But one that's paid off. It brought us all together during that time, and it.

Continues to bring us together. Being able to have that sense of connection is so important.

Now, every year a new holiday tradition.

Six, five, four, three, two, one! Are they all in? Yes! Yes!

Spre spreading joy to the world one house at a time.

It's a beautiful feeling to know that we were part of this just a little thing that others wanted to get in on.

You have to have that sense of love lives in here, in there. We're going to share it. And that's what's going to push back the darkness.

Matt and Kim say they plan to keep this going a long time. Great job, guys.

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