The Golden Bachelorette alum Mark Anderson and former One Tree Hill star Barbara Alyn Woods have begun celebrating Christmas by dressing up as Barbie and Ken amid romance rumors.

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Barbara, 62, took to Instagram on Tuesday, December 17 and posted photos of Mark, 57, and her loved ones attending a Christmas party at The Cove Riverwalk Villas in Wilmington, NC.

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In a couple of the pictures, Barbara was wearing a "Barbie" sweatshirt and Mark was sporting a "Ken" sweater.

One snapshot caught Mark standing behind Barbara and gazing at her with admiration, while another photo featured Barbara sweetly feeding Mark snacks while she was donning a Santa hat.

"Malibu Barbie in her happy place @thecove_wilmington hanging with her favorite besties and loving the new @bonitalatinfusion," Barbara captioned the post.

Mark's daughter, The Bachelor 28 winner Kelsey Anderson, clearly couldn't attend the gathering and so she wrote in the comments, "Omg the sweaters hahaha I love."

Kelsey, who is engaged to The Bachelor's Season 28 star Joey Graziadei, was seemingly giving Mark and the actress her stamp of approval.

The One Tree Hill alum also shared a carousel from a North Carolina charity event. She dressed in a red sweatshirt that read "Scott 23" on the front, and Mark was rocking a sweatshirt with "Save Tric" on the back.

Both outfits were a trip down memory lane to One Tree Hill. Barbara had starred as Deb Scott on the show for nine seasons from 2003 to 2012.

The number 23 was Nathan Scott's basketball number on One Tree Hill, and Nathan was Barbara's on-screen son played by James Lafferty. TRIC was the nightclub where Barbara worked on the series.

Last month, Barbara celebrated Joey's win on Dancing with the Stars via Instagram Stories, according to Us Weekly.

"CONGRATS @joeygraziadei," Barbara wrote on November 26, alongside a clip of Joey and his pro partner Jenna Johnson being crowned champions of Season 33.

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Barbara tagged her three daughters -- Alyvia, Natalie and Emily, who she welcomed with ex-husband, John Lind -- as well as Kelsey in her post.

Also in November, Barbara uploaded a TikTok video of her and Mark dancing together in front of a Christmas tree. The clip ended with the couple smiling and hugging.

"IN GOOD COMPANY," Barbara wrote alongside the clip, to which Kelsey commented, "AWE."

Barbara and Mark sparked dating rumors in October when the actress dressed up as Cinderella and The Golden Bachelorette alum wore a Prince Charming costume for Halloween.

Mark first appeared on Joey's season of The Bachelor, which filmed in late 2023 and aired in early 2024.

Joey met Mark when he traveled to New Orleans for Kelsey Anderson's hometown date, and the whole world fell in love with Mark's big smile and kind heart.

After Joey and Mark's daughter got engaged on The Bachelor's 28th season, Mark, as a widower, realized it was time to search for love himself, and so he joined Joan Vassos' cast of The Golden Bachelorette.

Mark and Joan were shown having deep conversations about how they felt a little guilty to date other people after losing their spouses, Denise Anderson and John Vassos, respectively.

Mark lost his late wife, Denise, to breast cancer in 2018.

Both Joan and Mark had lost their partners to cancer, but Joan said being around Mark helped her not dwell on the past.

Joan eliminated Mark before hometown dates on The Golden Bachelorette, and so he failed to make her Final 4 bachelors.

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Following Mark's elimination, many fans began speculating ABC may choose the Army veteran from Leesville, LA, to star on Season 2 of The Golden Bachelor.

If Mark is single by the time filming rolls around and he accepts the leading role, he would apparently have Kelsey's full support behind him.

"If that's what he wants to do, I would fully support him," Kelsey told Us in October. "I think that my dad has grown so much through this journey of The Golden Bachelorette."

Kelsey said she would "100 percent be excited" if her dad became the next star of the Golden franchise.

In addition to Kelsey, Mark welcomed three more children with Denise: Matthew, Taylor and Jordan.

Mark shared on The Golden Bachelorette how being in the mansion with the other guys and dating Joan was "the best therapy" for him.

"I think that he grew a lot from it and I'm just really proud of him," Kelsey told Us about his The Golden Bachelorette journey. "I'm also really thankful for Joan in helping my dad through all of this."

Mark really liked Joan and felt a spark with the blonde beauty, but Joan didn't believe that they were in the same place in life. She also had a "stronger connection" with the other men -- including her Final 3 bachelors Chock Chapple, Guy Gansert and Pascal Ibgui.

"I know that after he left, he was pretty sad because he did really appreciate Joan and he really did care for her. So I think he had a hard time leaving," Kelsey added.

"But I think that he really valued his experience through it all and he had the best time... I think that it helped him grow a lot with his grieving as well."

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