One grandma has taken ‘getting into the Christmas spirit’ to a new level.
Sylvia Pope – a 77-year-old from Swansea – has a bauble collection like no other and spends months hanging them in preparation for the big day.
Sylvia’s collection features around 2,700 ornaments, which she has built up over the past 20 years.
They come from all over the world and each piece ranges from £20 to £85 in price.
As well as traditional baubles, her collection includes a number of wacky items. A New York taxi, a can of Coke, a watch, airplanes, helicopters, ice-creams and an old fashioned telephone baubles are just a few pieces in her stash.
She also collects items that she thinks her grandchildren would enjoy – including Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and Mary Poppins-themed decorations.
Perhaps more impressively – all her ornaments amount to a total of £15,000.
The grandma-of-ten spends £100 a year adding to the collection.
She’s also strict on putting them up and doesn’t trust anyone to help out – in case they damage her festive goods.
Sylvia said: ‘I absolutely love Christmas and my grandchildren’s faces light up when they see all the baubles. It really is magical for them.
‘I love setting up my baubles up all over the house. I won’t let anyone else help in case of breakages – even though it gets a little harder each year.
‘It’s my own little hobby and I love it when all the baubles are up on the ceiling. They look wonderful and people do a double take when they see them.’
Sylvia says her substantial collection takes months to assemble.
She often starts hand-pinning them to her ceiling in September – four months ahead of Christmas – and leaves them hanging until March.
She added: ‘The ceiling is full of tiny holes when I take them down so its need re-plastering and painting.
‘Some people think it is over the top and tacky but when they see it for real it’s completely different. Most people love them and think they look fabulous.’
Sylvia’s now into her 20th year of collecting and has no plans of stopping anytime soon.
What a hero.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/06/christmas-loving-gran-owns-15000-worth-of-baubles-and-spends-four-months-putting-them-up-11282182/
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