{"id":46550,"date":"2025-01-28T17:11:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/daughter-wins-christmas-by-gifting-dad-nfl-card-he-sold-decades-earlier-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T17:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:11:44","slug":"daughter-wins-christmas-by-gifting-dad-nfl-card-he-sold-decades-earlier-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/daughter-wins-christmas-by-gifting-dad-nfl-card-he-sold-decades-earlier-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Daughter wins Christmas by gifting dad NFL card he sold decades earlier &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daughter wins Christmas by gifting dad NFL card he sold decades earlier TikTok: lindseyswagmomA daughter moved her dad to tears after gifting him with an NFL card he sold many years earlier to provide for their family. Lindsey Moore surprised her dad this Christmas during their Secret Santa exchange between family. Gifting him with the same NFL card he sold decades earlier to provide for his family, Moore\u2019s dad was instantly moved to tears. TikTokers have also reacted to the viral moment, sharing their own sentimental moments during Christmas. Dad moved to tears as he opens same NFL card he sold 30 years earlier Moore\u2019s dad sold his Dan Marino NFL card 30 years ago to bring home extra cash to provide for him and his family. Dan Marino, a former Miami Dolphins quarterback for 17 years, was one of Moore\u2019s dad\u2019s favorite players, making his player card one of his most prized possessions. Moore, having remembered the moment her dad drove to the store when she was seven years old to sell the card, knew she wanted to not only give her dad the gift of the year but also let him know she knew how much it had meant to him 30 years ago. Moore also wrote her dad a heartfelt card describing why she bought the card for him, saying, \u201cMoney was tight, so you were selling your most prized possession \u2014 at least what I viewed it as. I felt your sacrifice and it taught me that I would do whatever necessary to ensure my future family never needed for anything.\u201d She continued, \u201cIt was a lesson that has stuck with me since that moment and taught me the value of the greater good.\u201d The gift ended up moving her dad to tears as he got up to hug Moore for giving him what was probably the most thoughtful gift he\u2019d ever received. TikTokers were also looking for the tissues, as one commented, \u201cWhen he started crying, I LOST IT.\u201d Others shared similar stories like, \u201cAs someone who has sold his prized Gretzky rookie to provide for his kids, I appreciate and respect this a lot.\u201d And, \u201cIn my 20\u2019s I cried so hard selling my Dreamcast game collection to make ends meet the guy tried to talk me out of it. This is a lovely moment.\u201d Though it\u2019s unknown how much Moore\u2019s dad initially sold the card for, a Dan Marino player card is now worth nearly $5,000 on eBay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daughter wins Christmas by gifting dad NFL card he sold decades earlier TikTok: lindseyswagmomA daughter moved her dad to tears after gifting him with an NFL card he sold many years earlier to provide for their family. Lindsey Moore surprised her dad this Christmas during their Secret Santa exchange between family. Gifting him with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}