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.

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. Each year, surrounded by the spectacle of her festive baubles, Sylvia always tried her best to make Christmas a special event for her family. Joel also admits that it’s helpful to first get into a festive spirit by playing some appropriate Christmas music.

Subscribe to our mailing list

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. Her fascinating collection spreads throughout her house, with beautiful baubles hanging from the ceilings as well as on display outside her house.

Joel also says that while his friends and family are proud of his latest record title achievement, they think it’s a little bizarre. Ever since then I’ve re-broken my own record every Christmas as I’ve improved my beard bauble technique.” Every December, the extraordinary collection was beautifully displayed throughout Sylvia’s house, with baubles hanging from every inch of the ceiling.

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. 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!” The process of attaching all 710 baubles to his beard took two and a half hours and over an hour to remove them.

Also known as “beardaments,” the festive, clip-on facial hair accessories are colourful jingling balls for brightening up bristly faces. 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." 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's exciting to admire the variety in Nana Baubles' decorations, which cover the ceiling and many surfaces in her home. 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."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 thought, 'oh my god, this is wonderful'. They were from all over the world. And then I thought, 'I’m going to try this.'"