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Ayres said the video has since received more than 2 million views on TikTok and nearly as many on Instagram.

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Ayres said he wasn香蕉视频直播檛 sure how the onlookers would react.

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Kamloops-born Ayres has been in about 13 films in the Lower Mainland. He now lives in Toronto.

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Ayres said there are many Hallmark fans in the area and the cast and crew have been welcomed with open arms.

While he香蕉视频直播檇 been to and filmed in Agassiz before, Ayres had up until recently never been to Harrison Hot Springs.

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While unraveling the secrets of her long-lost family, the protagonist might just find love along the way.

香蕉视频直播淟ong Lost Christmas香蕉视频直播� premieres on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Nov. 18 at 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. Pacific).

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