A 53-year-old man was tearing down some old drywall this holiday season when he stumbled upon a time capsule.
It was a Christmas present, wrapped 46 years ago in vintage Disney paper from a bygone era. Meant for a stocking or to be placed under the tree, it was forgotten behind the wall all this time.
Tim King, who runs a construction business, was helping his parents with some home renovations when he found the package.
“Before we closed up the drywall on the wall, I was like, ‘I should probably look and see that there is nothing back there,’ and sure enough, there was a present,” King, from Lombard, Illinois, told KTLA 5.
“So when I pulled that out, it was super old wrapping paper, and then I was like, ‘Oh crap, that has my name on it.’”
According to King’s best guess, since his parents weren’t able to remember anything about it, it must have fallen through a gap in the wall or floor since they used to hide his Christmas presents in the attic above and there have been several additions since then.
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Documenting the discovery and unwrapping of the find, King’s Instagram videos accumulated 37,000 views.
Underneath the yellowed wrapping paper was a set of Matchbox Thunder Jets, which King said would have been a great gift since he was 6 when they were bought.
It can be agony for a kid to wait all 25 days to open a present, and if next year one of yours is bellyaching, try reminding them of Illinois’s Timothy King, who waited 46 years.
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