Jingle-Bang! Bah Humbug. Bizarre rules at Christmas
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* b8 @& X9 M* c( v' E/ cSanta shot at in Rio. Electric eels light up Japanese Christmas tree.Singapore elephants get festive gift of boots for jumbo pain.9 |9 z1 T" I+ h
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Around the globe, Christmas invariably offers tales of the wacky, wildand downright weird -- and the 2007 festivities are certainly noexception., M; e2 R& X9 c
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In a Rio de Janeiro slum, drug traffickers opened fire on a helicoptercarrying Santa Claus to a Christmas party, apparently mistaking it fora police helicopter.
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Poor Santa is also under fire for being too fat./ j6 u- g C0 ]8 J, y1 o
9 P* T% A% {$ u/ jThe acting US surgeon general said a thinner Santa would be a better role model for kids in a land battling obesity.
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A British shopping centre ordered its Santas to attend a month-long boot camp with exercises before greeting children.4 G' T7 j8 ?: y# l1 m$ E. q
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In the season of mass consumption, going green can win brownie points.
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3 ]3 [; O8 R4 H" G) O) G" zIn Hong Kong, environmentalists are not amused, arguing that all theglittering neon Santas and rainbows of flashy lights are devouring toomuch electricity.- _" u0 s( M! L4 v( O
, ?' b2 \9 L; X! _2 T o7 o' a' ?$ U8 iBut, in sharp contrast, a Japanese aquarium decided on a novel way tosave energy -- it used electricity generated by an electric eel tolight up its Christmas tree.! f V& [- D( D- ^1 i7 t
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A Canadian man said he sold his son』s video game, a prized Christmas gift, on eBay after catching him smoking marijuana.: `0 p, G' v, ?2 i& x) y4 V
4 r: ?6 o7 u4 v5 J$ r* b+ b. rIn Singapore, vets gave Asian elephants Tun and Jamilah the perfectChristmas gift -- specially made waterproof boots to relieve chronicfoot lesions.
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0 \1 ]3 l7 I; ~0 p" kAnd cheeky Australian thieves stole 16 tonnes of ham and bacon from aSydney warehouse and then wrote "Thanks. Merry Christmas" on a wall.9 s+ `( n1 C5 L: Z" o( q( k2 _; m
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But surely the prize for the most bizarre Christmas charity gift mustgo to the International Rhino Foundation -- an auction of rhino dungwhich could be presented as Christmas gift！
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聖誕老人在里約熱內盧遭到槍擊。日本用電鰻點亮聖誕樹。新加坡的大象收到了聖誕禮物「止痛靴」……( T0 H }- v# l5 T2 V
: E# Y, j: A! e4 F每到聖誕節，世界各地總會上演千奇百怪的聖誕故事，今年的聖誕節當然也不例外。
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在里約熱內盧的一個貧民窟附近，一架載有「聖誕老人」的直升飛機遭到販毒分子的槍擊。這架直升飛機送「聖誕老人」去參加聖誕晚會，顯然被販毒分子當作警察的直升機了。
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: C7 R' b# T2 ^2 q4 K. N9 `不僅如此，可憐的聖誕老人還因體形過胖而遭到「炮轟」。- o9 m# r& T' L% B4 Y! K" `% f
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美國公共衛生署代理署長稱，在一個與肥胖進行「艱苦鬥爭」的國度，聖誕老人如果能變得更苗條一些，也許能成為孩子們更為理想的行動榜樣。
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英國的一家購物中心要求其「聖誕老人」在聖誕節與小朋友們見面之前，必須參加為期一個月的「身體集訓營」。3 v6 W5 g. _( w/ ?+ _, ]9 J# p: l
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作為一年中的消費旺季，聖誕期間更應該加強環保意識。2 k) p4 B! r, M5 } c- l: _( I
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香港的環保主義者們可不會被五光十色的節日霓虹所迷惑，他們稱帶有霓虹燈的聖誕老人和七彩閃光燈消耗了大量電能。/ Q7 Y; @+ K7 ?6 E
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與此相反，日本一家水族館則想出了一個新奇的節能辦法。它利用電鰻魚發的電來點亮聖誕樹綵燈。0 z& N4 g7 Q3 e" C
2 H1 `6 t. j1 E在加拿大，一名男子由於發現兒子吸食大麻，因此他在eBay上賣掉了兒子心愛的聖誕禮物——一款電腦遊戲。, T8 Q; w( I. T- q3 ^/ y& b
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在新加坡，獸醫為兩頭名為圖恩和雅米拉的亞洲大象帶來了最合適的聖誕禮物——特製防水止痛靴。' K2 w9 C j0 C i7 ?5 h [4 B
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澳大利亞的一群厚顏無恥的小偷從悉尼的一家肉店倉庫偷走了16噸的火腿和燻肉，還在牆上留言說「謝謝。聖誕快樂！」。( h& [1 P7 ]) W* d6 z" E
/ J9 Q% f! e2 q% [而「最奇異的聖誕慈善禮物」大獎應該屬於「國際犀牛基金會」。近日，該組織舉辦了一個「犀牛糞」拍賣會，有興趣的人可以拿它作聖誕禮物哦！ |
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