Guinness Toucan Christmas Bauble

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Sylvia’s love for Christmas stemmed from her childhood. “Christmas was always a family affair,” she told us. Every December, the extraordinary collection was beautifully displayed throughout Sylvia’s house, with baubles hanging from every inch of the ceiling.

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." Ever since then I’ve re-broken my own record every Christmas as I’ve improved my beard bauble technique.” Nana Baubles took years to put together such a collection, with different pieces from everywhere in the world. 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.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." After that, she started buying baubles in boxes. Soon after, people started gifting her different items. Also known as “beardaments,” the festive, clip-on facial hair accessories are colourful jingling balls for brightening up bristly faces.

I have to remove them all individually because each one has a tiny alligator clip. If I tried to shake them out it would probably rip my beard and face off.” My technique has evolved and gotten a lot more specialised over the years that I’ve been breaking the record,” said Joel. Sylvia’s record-breaking collection was assembled over many years. It contained 1760 baubles when it was officially counted in 2021. Some are unique collectable pieces, and some – like the little red bauble gifted to her by her great-grandson – hold a special sentimental value. 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."

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The oldest baubles she owns are pink and blue ones from the 2000s, which is when she first started collecting them. 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. 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.

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.” 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!” 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. Her fascinating collection spreads throughout her house, with beautiful baubles hanging from the ceilings as well as on display outside her house. The process of attaching all 710 baubles to his beard took two and a half hours and over an hour to remove them.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.'" Sylvia, also known as Nana Baubles, lives in Swansea, Wales and owns a staggering 1,760 of the hanging decorations. It's exciting to admire the variety in Nana Baubles' decorations, which cover the ceiling and many surfaces in her home. Other than your classic Christmas decorations, Nana Baubles' collection counts many unique and quirky items.