Sylvia Pope's 1,800 Christmas baubles on ceiling in Swansea

Sylvia Pope's collection includes a London red bus, a New York taxi, aeroplanes, an old fashioned telephone

Sylvia says she spends about £100 a year on new baubles

The collection has come from all over the world with the most expensive being around £23

Sylvia says her grandchildren and play 'I Spy' with the different bauble

'I felt really at home with my decorations up all year''

A Christmas-loving grandmother has had her 1,800 baubles hanging from the living room ceiling all year because a bad knee stopped her taking them down last January.

Sylvia Pope, 70, from Swansea, would usually start sticking the baubles up one-by-one in September

She started collecting them in 1999 and has ones from around the world.

"I'm just a Christmas kind of woman," she said.

"People laughed that there were Christmas baubles all over my house in June and July but I don't mind."

Ms Pope added; "I had an operation on my knee so I couldn't get up and down my step ladder so quickly."

Holes

She started pinning them to her living room ceiling because there are far too many baubles for a Christmas tree.

They leave so many holes in the ceiling that she has to redecorate once they are all taken down.

"They stayed up after last Christmas - and they've been there ever since," said the retired bingo caller.

"I love it really and at least it means I don't have to spend all those hours putting them up again.

"I felt really at home with my decorations up all year."

Her collection also includes Disney characters, a London red bus, a New York taxi, aeroplanes, an old fashioned telephone and helicopters.

Sylvia said: "I spend about £100 a year on new baubles and visit all the festive markets to find new ones.

"My grandchildren and play 'I Spy' with the different baubles. We have great fun."