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At present the retired teacher has made up to 1,000 pieces with different themes such as the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), the FIFA World Cup, the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, and Christmas. A Santa Claus figure is made entirely from eggshells. It takes him from three to four working hours to create an item made from eggshell. Figures of Santa Claus, reindeers, sleighs, and snowmen are among the festive Christmas items to feature in his decorative collection this year. In 2010, the Vietnam Guinness Book of Records recognised Tam for his huge volume of eggshell models. Tam considers creating the items as his great passion. The post Unique Christmas items made from eggshells in HCM City appeared first on Vietexplorer.com . View more from VietExplorer: Master Phi Long, the hiding dragon “Steel Woman” of Vietnam A Talented Circus Performer with Pythons Tua Chua Karst Plateau Bukchon Hanok Village in RoK The pea

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