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It's Christmas time, and what better way to get into the holiday spirit than by discovering all the coolest festive records?! 🎄
So gather around the tree, and see the records for...
Serial record-breaking star Joel Strasser has done it... again!
The American record holder has broken another festive record, achieving the astounding total of 187 candy canes in a beard.
“I had to leave the candy canes in the wrapper because they are so brittle that they would just snap,” Joel said about his amazing achievement.
“This is one I've had on my radar for a while but I wanted to wait until the right moment, this Christmas season, and it feels awesome to know I'm the best in the world at holding candy canes in my beard.”
If Joel's face seems familiar, it's because last year you saw him smash his own record for the most beard baubles in a beard by decorating his face with the incredible number of 710 Christmas baubles. 🤯
Before that, his record was 686 baubles.
Notice a pattern here? 🤔
Well, Joel is a master of "beardaments": clip-on facial hair accessories to celebrate Christmas with a twist.
Baubles and fairy lights are the most common beardaments, but all the Christmas lovers out there can also experiment with temporary beard dyes and glitters.
Does anyone in your family have a beard? Get him - or make him - a beardament this Christmas!
Although Joel has been decorating his beard for years, the process of separating the beard's sections and attaching all the festive decorations is still hard and long...
For example, last year it took him 2.5 hours to secure the over-700 baubles to his face.
Removing them took another hour!
Breaking the record really took it out of Joel who, after that, didn't have the patience to help with his Christmas tree decoration. 🤣
It’s tedious enough sticking over 700 of them in my beard. I don’t want to take the time to stick them all in the tree and remove them later! - Joel
Joel has been decorating his beard, and breaking records, since 2019!
Ever since then, I’ve re-broken my own record every Christmas as I’ve improved my beard bauble technique. - Joel
But Joel doesn't only break festive records...
In fact, he has racked up multiple Guinness World Records titles thanks to his beard, such as:
This record is ho-ho-wholesome! 🤪
A whopping amount of 18,112 people came together for a festive record, achieving the largest gathering of Santa Claus EVER.
The massive gathering took place in India in 2014, and it was organized for the cultural festival Buon Natale.
And guess what... today, almost 20 years later, the record still remains unbeaten! 💪🏽
Now, most people around the world wouldn't think about doing watersports to celebrate Christmas, but hear us out...
In 2015, gift retailer RedBalloon organized a one-of-a-kind festive gathering, the largest surfing lesson, and invited everyone to dress up as Santa Claus. 🎅
Of course, it's an Australian-based record, where Christmas is during the summertime!
A total of 320 Aussie surfers got into the festive spirit and showed up with beards and Santa hats... pretty cool, right?!
On a snowy day, the world's most talented cow broke an amazing record!
Ghost, a 4-year-old Charolais cow from Nebraska, USA, was rocking a festive Santa hat as it set the record for the most tricks performed by a cow in one minute - a total of 10 tricks in only 60 seconds.
“I knew Ghost was special from the very first moment,” her owner and trainer Megan Reimann told us.
Here are the tricks that earned Ghost the record title:
What an a-moo-zing record!
Last but not least, in 2017, Austria’s Wildkogel Arena Neukirchen ski resort smashed the record for the longest chain of sleds.
Over 20 people worked tirelessly for months, and finally racked up an impressive 508 sleds...
Needless to say, they slayed (or perhaps sleigh-ed?) the record! 😎
We hope you have an amazing, and even record-breaking Christmas! ❤️