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.” Nana Baubles took years to put together such a collection, with different pieces from everywhere in the world. 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. 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." 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 most valuable bauble in Sylvia’s collection is a special edition one made for the Queen’s Golden Anniversary. It's so large in fact, that she has broken the record for the world's largest collection of Christmas bauble ornaments. 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.

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Ever since then I’ve re-broken my own record every Christmas as I’ve improved my beard bauble technique.”

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 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.”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. 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.

It's exciting to admire the variety in Nana Baubles' decorations, which cover the ceiling and many surfaces in her home. 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 The oldest baubles she owns are pink and blue ones from the 2000s, which is when she first started collecting them. 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!” This precious Royal Doulton is a special edition bauble created for the Queen's Golden Anniversary, and it is very close to her heart.

Joel also says that while his friends and family are proud of his latest record title achievement, they think it’s a little bizarre.

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. Other than your classic Christmas decorations, Nana Baubles' collection counts many unique and quirky items. Her fascinating collection spreads throughout her house, with beautiful baubles hanging from the ceilings as well as on display outside her house.Each year, surrounded by the spectacle of her festive baubles, Sylvia always tried her best to make Christmas a special event for her family. The most valuable item in Nana Baubles' collection was gifted to her by her granddaughter, a beautiful Royal Tea bauble. 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.”