My well-documented obsession with holiday decor has led me down a number of strange online rabbit holes over the years. These include the predictable—TikToks of Mormon micro-influencers decorating gingerbread houses—and the more absurd: namely, my membership in not one, not two, but three Facebook groups devoted to vintage ornament-collection. I haven’t used Facebook to catch up with my actual friends in about a decade, but as it turns out, it’s a great forum for networking with Ukrainian grandmothers about where to find the best deals on pre-Soviet-era Christmas tree stars that almost certainly contain lead paint (a small price to pay for their beauty!)

This year, however, my Christmas and Hanukkah decor obsession led me to three collectors whose ornaments have brought me to the br

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