Nana Baubles took years to put together such a collection, with different pieces from everywhere in the world. Each bauble is different; they come from all over the world in a variety of shapes, materials, colours and themes.

The most valuable item in Nana Baubles' collection was gifted to her by her granddaughter, a beautiful Royal Tea bauble. 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. 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!” 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.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. 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.

It's so large in fact, that she has broken the record for the world's largest collection of Christmas bauble ornaments.

Sylvia began buying big boxes of baubles, and as her collection grew, other people started gifting her more of them. 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. Also known as “beardaments,” the festive, clip-on facial hair accessories are colourful jingling balls for brightening up bristly faces. Joel first broke the record in 2019 using 302 baubles, then in 2020 with 542 baubles, and a third time in 2021 with 686 baubles.

After that, she started buying baubles in boxes. Soon after, people started gifting her different items.Joel also says that while his friends and family are proud of his latest record title achievement, they think it’s a little bizarre. 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.”