Guinness Toucan Christmas Bauble

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Find a category that interests you, decide you can do it, and practice until you do! It takes a lot of work for something as silly as this, but the glory is worth it.” Some are unique collectables pieces, and some – like the little red bauble gifted to Nana by her great-grandson – hold a very special sentimental value. I found that if I take my time and really focus on the individual strands of beard hair and small groups of hair, I can manage to fit so many more in there.” We weren’t very well off, we didn’t have a lot, and that is why today I will do what I can and afford what I can afford to have a good Christmas for the children."

The process of attaching all 710 baubles to his beard took two and a half hours and over an hour to remove them.I have a large shoebox full of baubles and I think they’ll stay there until I decide to attempt the record again,” he said. They think I’m nuts, and I guess I sort of am. You have to be a little crazy to break a bunch of records with your beard,” he said. It's exciting to admire the variety in Nana Baubles' decorations, which cover the ceiling and many surfaces in her home. Every December, the extraordinary collection was beautifully displayed throughout Sylvia’s house, with baubles hanging from every inch of the ceiling.

The oldest baubles she owns are pink and blue ones from the 2000s, which is when she first started collecting them. Nana Baubles took years to put together such a collection, with different pieces from everywhere in the world. This precious Royal Doulton is a special edition bauble created for the Queen's Golden Anniversary, and it is very close to her heart. And even though Sylvia’s birthday fell on Boxing Day, meaning she received just one present for Christmas and her birthday combined, Sylvia was always happy. I thought, 'oh my god, this is wonderful'. They were from all over the world. And then I thought, 'I’m going to try this.'"

Among her many treasures, Nana Baubles also owns crab and lobster-shaped ornaments, food-shaped ones (like hamburgers and popcorn) and even telephone boxes and Disney characters. Sylvia, also known as Nana Baubles, lives in Swansea, Wales and owns a staggering 1,760 of the hanging decorations. Also known as “beardaments,” the festive, clip-on facial hair accessories are colourful jingling balls for brightening up bristly faces.

Sylvia’s record-breaking collection was assembled over many years. It contained 1760 baubles when it was officially counted in 2021. After that, she started buying baubles in boxes. Soon after, people started gifting her different items. I think it’s a children’s time. I think Christmas is a wonderful time to excite the children, so I do believe you should do the best you can for them." – Nana Baubles My technique has evolved and gotten a lot more specialised over the years that I’ve been breaking the record,” said Joel. Each bauble is different; they come from all over the world in a variety of shapes, materials, colours and themes.We weren’t very well off; we didn’t have a lot,” she said. “And that is why today I will do what I can and afford what I can afford to have a good Christmas for the children." It's so large in fact, that she has broken the record for the world's largest collection of Christmas bauble ornaments.