\u201cMy mom has thrifted a collection of Shiny-Brite ornaments. She\u2019s been collecting them basically my entire life, four decades,\u201d the original poster wrote in their post.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, she dropped one and it shattered. Inside, she found a collection of jokes, predictions, and notes from a kid named BJ, all dated from the \u201960s-\u201970s. I just love the idea of a kid coming back to this ornament periodically to add another note to the collection for some random stranger to find nearly 60 years later.\u201d<\/p>\n
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As sad as this family must\u2019ve been over their ornament shattering, what they found inside made up for it. reddit\/r\/FoundPaper<\/p>\n
The OP shared pictures of some of the found gems inside, which consisted of little pieces of paper that read, \u201cMerry Christmas to the future. \u201971.\u201d Another was dated \u201cDec. 9, 1962.\u201d<\/p>\n
One seemed to be a little note to one\u2019s future self: \u201c\u2026 you will become happy soon\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
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Reddit users sure got a kick out of some of the hidden notes inside the vintage ornament. reddit\/r\/FoundPaper<\/p>\n
Even an old-school joke made its way in there: \u201cFred: Hey Joe, who\u2019s the nut that keeps putting these notes in Christmas bells? Joe: I don\u2019t know Fred but (takes?) a nut to read (what?) a nuts wrote.\u201d<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re unfamiliar, Shiny Brite ornaments, now highly coveted vintage ornaments, are colorful glass Christmas baubles that were widely popular back in the 1940s and 1960s. <\/p>\n
Reddit users flooded the post\u2019s comment section to share their excitement with the OP.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to do this with my kids,\u201d one comment read.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is so sweet and wholesome!. What an incredible find, due to a drop,\u201d someone else pointed out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wonder if at some point in the past BJ went to add his note and found the box missing, asked his mom about it, and discovered she\u2019d donated them. I bet he\u2019d be tickled they\u2019re still around,\u201d an inquisitive commenter asked.<\/p>\n
While some vintage finds transport their owners back in time, others are making people rich.<\/p>\n
An Illinois thrifter purchased a decorative plate<\/a> for a measly $4.99 from a Goodwill store, only to later find out<\/a> it was a \u201cChinese export armorial chamfered rectangular platter\u201d from the Qing dynasty\u2019s Qianlong period, around 1775, estimated to be valued between $4,000 and $6,000.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat makes my plate stand out is the condition \u2014 it was never eaten on or used; no scratches. It\u2019s pristine,\u201d the thrifter, named John Carcerano,\u00a0told Newsweek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person\u2019s trash is another\u2019s Christmas treasure. A thrifted vintage ornament turned into a snapshot in time for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[12565,14046,231,232,9,11,10,19028],"class_list":["post-80888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-christmas","tag-home-decor","tag-human-interest","tag-lifestyle","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-vintage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}