Guinness Toucan Christmas Bauble

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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 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. After that, she started buying baubles in boxes. Soon after, people started gifting her different items. 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.

Every December, the extraordinary collection was beautifully displayed throughout Sylvia’s house, with baubles hanging from every inch of the ceiling. 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." This precious Royal Doulton is a special edition bauble created for the Queen's Golden Anniversary, and it is very close to her heart. The oldest baubles she owns are pink and blue ones from the 2000s, which is when she first started collecting them.

Sylvia’s record-breaking collection was assembled over many years. It contained 1760 baubles when it was officially counted in 2021. 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." Other than your classic Christmas decorations, Nana Baubles' collection counts many unique and quirky items. My wife begged me to trim my beard a little after this bauble record and I obliged and gave it a little trim—nothing major!” Nana Baubles took years to put together such a collection, with different pieces from everywhere in the world.

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. It's so large in fact, that she has broken the record for the world's largest collection of Christmas bauble ornaments. 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.'"Ever since then I’ve re-broken my own record every Christmas as I’ve improved my beard bauble technique.” 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. The most valuable bauble in Sylvia’s collection is a special edition one made for the Queen’s Golden Anniversary. 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 began buying big boxes of baubles, and as her collection grew, other people started gifting her more of them. The most valuable item in Nana Baubles' collection was gifted to her by her granddaughter, a beautiful Royal Tea bauble. While Joel doesn’t plan on using his baubles to decorate any other part of his house for the holidays this year, it surely won’t be his last run in with the beardaments.Each bauble is different; they come from all over the world in a variety of shapes, materials, colours and themes. Sylvia’s love for Christmas stemmed from her childhood. “Christmas was always a family affair,” she told us.

They are more like a Christmas decoration than a bauble, aren’t they?" Nana Baubles says, talking about her majestic collection and its many different pieces. It really pulls on my beard. It’s painful to have all those hairs pulling at once. All those baubles add up to about five pounds,” said Joel. The process of attaching all 710 baubles to his beard took two and a half hours and over an hour to remove them.Joel also says that while his friends and family are proud of his latest record title achievement, they think it’s a little bizarre. My technique has evolved and gotten a lot more specialised over the years that I’ve been breaking the record,” said Joel. Still, Joel says baubles (and clothespins) are some of his least favourite objects to place in his beard.