up with the orders. the ships can only take so much cargo. >> 86% of the world's toys are made in china. >> reporter: industry expert richard gottlieb consults with experts around the world. >> we've been having trouble having containers in to ship from china. that's due to the fact there was a sudden surge in demand for toys and other consumer products. so, there was a lot of catching up to do. when you put all that together, it's an imperfect storm. >> reporter: it's a storm that may have even snared a toddler. or at least a toddler doll. the jj doll based on a character in this cocoa melon cartoon. >> good morning. >> reporter: the series has 100 million followers on youtube, and its new doll is selling out. >> they love these. >> reporter: rebecca ray of

oklahoma wanted one for her 1-year-old grandson. >> every time i found one online for my grandson, it was always sold out. >> reporter: ray wound up buying 8 of the hard-to-locate dolls, paying double the list price for half of them. she plans to keep two for her grand kids and the six others, she's giving them away for free to strangers. >> you've kind of become santa claus here. >> we got them just to give back basically. to give them to other people. we have nine kids so we knew what it was like to not be able to give them the things they wanted or have to fight to get something they did want. >> reporter: in fact, what 7-year-old cason wanted this year was a playstation 5 but he

says he will wait until january so his mom can afford to give away the dolls. >> i want to give whatever i can to them. >> why are you okay with giving away gifts when you're going to have to wait for your gift until probably after christmas? >> because instead of me smiling, i want to see them smile. >> reporter: well, one person who received one of those dolls for free from the ray's says she plans to pay it forward by buying gifts for elderly in nursing home who is can't see their families. she also thinks cason is going to do great things in the future in her life. >> you're watching the "cbs overnight news." you're watching overnight news." ♪

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tried this before. >> so, she bought the candle supplies and we learned to make candles off youtube. >> yep. there were an awful lot of fails before you get it right. >> reporter: but they did get it right. >> so, this is a little bit of tedious process. >> reporter: and now they great 125 different soy based candles that celebrate birth months, states and cities. >> each individual candle not only has its own story but it's got its own particular scent. >> reporter: and that's why the 5-year-old company is called scripted fragrance. their dog candles are very popular. >> does that candle smell like a dog? >> that is a popular misconception. >> i happen to love beagles, and there's a candle with a scent that captures the essence of beagle. a heartwarming blend of friendliness and curiosity with an endless supply of love and energy. >> and it's one of our strongest scents because they have one of

the loudest barks. >> reporter: and like thousands of etsy sellers, they turned what began as a side interest into full-time jobs. >> with over 3 million sellers selling on etsy, and they're selling over 75 million items. >> and literally people can sell anything. >> anything they've made themselves or designed. you can buy everything from the cushion to the couch on etsy. >> reporter: josh silverman is etsy's chief executive officer, searching 260%. silverman paid attention last april when the cleenters for disease control advised americans to start wearing masks. >> one of the first things we did is we put out an apb calling all sellers, if you have a sewing machine, start making masks. in the second quarter of this year, etsy sellers sold over $375 million worth of masks. >> the masks have saved my business. >> seriously?

>> i was worried about it. seriously. as i'm making masks, people are asking, well, i want a matching shirt. i want a matching dress. >> in his compact union city, new jersey, studio, ruben designed demestik fashions. his grandmother in virginia was a seam stress. >> did your grandmother taech you to sew? >> she did not. she was from the old school, so for boys to sew was not something that was keen to her. >> reporter: but as a pastor's wife, the first lady of the church, her sunday best did inspire him. >> seeing her with these elaborate church hats on and she would put a pair of colors together, that was something that inspired me in my own designs. >> reporter: he studied fashion and came to new york to try to make his name. >> etsy came along when i told myself i don't have the money to get a pr company to push my

brand. i don't have the money for a show room. >> even beyonce has worn his fashions. >> it doesn't always turn over into a financial gain. >> okay. >> but it does allow the brand to have credibility. this is where she got all her materials and threads. i use it in the same manner now. >> reporter: and his grandmother's thread box watches over everything ruben sews. >> just having it reminds me of a history of women who were creative in my life. and it really reminds me of my grandmother so, i love this box. >> reporter: fact is the personal connection between sellers and buyers is one of the reasons etsy does so well. sellers often write personal notes to their clients. >> over the past 12 months there have been over $7.5 billion of goods bought and sold on etsy. >> and to achieve that strong a brand, the folks at etsy can be

demanding when it comes to houselers behave. >> there's a way that etsy does things and if you don't do things the etsy way, they can kind of be punished. i think a lot of it circles around the free shipping aspect. >> so, every buyer now expects free shipping. and sellers that do incorporate free shipping are promoted more prominently. in that way, buyers' expectations are met. >> don't be scared of it. perfect. beautiful. that looks great. >> reporter: matthew cummings sells his house brewed beer in knoxville, tennessee, and on etsy, his hand blown, remarkably-shaped beer glasses. >> if you just hold it up to the light and take a look at those, those undulations, you'll get different densities of the beer. >> look at that. >> reporter: he began has a glass blowing artist, a sculptor, but only so many people could afford his work. >> at $6,000 to $14,000, i can't

afford my own work. my friends and family can't afford it. >> so a beer loving friend suggested he make something that more people could enjoy, glasses. by 2013, he was another etsy success story. >> we were back ordered by three or four months for, like, two years. >> reporter: and today enthusiastic beer drinkers allow comings to combine business and art. >> glass has a ton of personality on its own. it's not like you're glowing glass and you're making it into this thing. it's a conversation or a dance with another material that's very mindful. i start to make something, and then i'll let the glass decide where we want to go. so, these are more like jazz. >> reporter: his quartet of glass blowers makes 200 glasses a day. >> what has etsy meant to your life? >> i think etsy has been life changing. i mean, it's totally redirected what i've been able to do and

expanded what i've even dreamed to accomplish. i mean, it was when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here. you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you.

a historic light show was playing out in the heavens this week. you'll get another chance if the clouds cooperate. here's mark strassman. >> reporter: astronomer christopher dupree is about to see something hidden from earth since galileo first pointed his telescope at the stars. >> they're both in the finder. i've never seen that before. >> reporter: our solar system's two biggest planets in one view finder. that's jupiter to the right, saturn to the left. >> that's awesome. >> reporter: all month just after sunset, sky watchers have captured the pair of planets slowly coming together in the southwest sky. tonight they'll overlap, appearing to merge into a single course of light, an astronomical

conjunction. >> it's a very slow motion crash. >> reporter: in metro atlanta, dupree directs the observatory. >> in actuality, how close are they? >> they're hundred of millions of miles apart. it's a cosmic trip of the eye. just like constellations are. it has to do with orbits and tilts and cosmic clockwork. >> it's a machine that's just running forward and on the 21st is when all those pieces are aligned just right for these two planets to get really, really close. >> reporter: that big machine is our solar system constantly in motion. every 20 years, jupiter laps saturn and both planets line up with earth. >> it is true that these two planets did come close actually 20 years ago but you couldn't see them up in the sky. they're too close to the sun. the big difference here is you can see them after dark and that's what's unusual about it. >> the last visible conjunction this close was in 1226, nearly

800 years ago. tonight falls on the winter solstice, like a star of bethlehem for christmas week 2020. >> for thousands of years, and you can see where the planets would have been at a time in the past, kepler is one of the astronomers who actually hypothesized that the star of be bethlehem could have been a planetary conjunction. >> these two wise men are smart enough to know we need no clouds in the sky. >> how maddening is it going to be if it's overcast? >> as an astronomer, i'm szed to that. if you canou can go out the nig before or the night after, it will still be an impressive sight. >> reporter: and won't happen again for 60 years. >> to me the most wonderful experiences you can do viewing the night sky are the ones that require nothing. they don't require a telescope. they don't require binoculars. it's just you looking at the night sky. >> reporter: all you need is

your star gazing curiosity. and t t's the overnight . it's tuesday, december 22nd, 2020. this is the "cbs morning news." relief deal passed. congress approves a $900 billion package to boost the economy. how soon americans will start receiving their stimulus checks. hack attack. for the first time a u.s. senator is giving details on a massive breech affecting dozens of government agencies. celebrating freedom. a jamaican couple spent more than two years in a philadelphia church. why they're finally stepping out of sanctuary. well, good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. ki