Jingle-Bang! Bah Humbug. Bizarre rules at Christmas+ E# @* T7 F' z4 x) V2 }( z* `6 s9 y
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Santa shot at in Rio. Electric eels light up Japanese Christmas tree.Singapore elephants get festive gift of boots for jumbo pain.: {* x. f1 T$ g
) t/ e; k4 e! U+ jAround the globe, Christmas invariably offers tales of the wacky, wildand downright weird -- and the 2007 festivities are certainly noexception.
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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.; }- q+ N1 O3 s
, h6 g) g0 S1 p' V# a5 EPoor Santa is also under fire for being too fat.
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& g, a9 v. L8 [1 m9 I5 Q- YThe acting US surgeon general said a thinner Santa would be a better role model for kids in a land battling obesity.# E7 z* u0 H3 @& d) o: K
1 ]/ a! Q. S' B [& JA British shopping centre ordered its Santas to attend a month-long boot camp with exercises before greeting children.; _/ g( g/ e/ k8 t
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In the season of mass consumption, going green can win brownie points.
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( u8 T: l; {( o* @3 x+ @In Hong Kong, environmentalists are not amused, arguing that all theglittering neon Santas and rainbows of flashy lights are devouring toomuch electricity./ F8 x; u1 h" H: k* t# m/ W9 R$ ]
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But, 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.
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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.& o3 `$ F, q$ m8 i2 }
3 J3 N j7 q" }3 ~" x! }In Singapore, vets gave Asian elephants Tun and Jamilah the perfectChristmas gift -- specially made waterproof boots to relieve chronicfoot lesions.2 A& B1 M! @. v# B/ T$ P
2 `* E! l: W2 O' [- CAnd cheeky Australian thieves stole 16 tonnes of ham and bacon from aSydney warehouse and then wrote "Thanks. Merry Christmas" on a wall.+ K* [$ H' |7 u4 x L' [, \
/ a$ E( F+ M& e: HBut 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！. G% _0 O& c$ D9 J- l: i; [
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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」……
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6 H- y% p6 u! q4 `5 ?6 X0 k5 |( O. k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。( _5 i/ I9 W1 A
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不僅如此，可憐的聖誕老人還因體形過胖而遭到「炮轟」。
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; o8 I- I, i5 z; q3 i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」。/ N, H" N$ S% h. [1 _( C
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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。
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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。* `* ]) x5 h w' R& N6 I# p
8 D- V4 W" }$ D* T0 `$ w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。! C3 E" i* N; D$ O7 }6 {; l: O
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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。
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) e8 Z2 s& ]. U6 }1 a# m& V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。
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3 Z2 a' Q: J5 c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！」。" ^. `/ X; B+ V$ u4 _
8 j* W$ U( i$ X* B z5 Z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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