Jingle-Bang! Bah Humbug. Bizarre rules at Christmas
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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.) a" l1 [' `0 U( P2 ]; G
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Around the globe, Christmas invariably offers tales of the wacky, wildand downright weird -- and the 2007 festivities are certainly noexception.) K/ Y8 ?) G* f! `& ]7 {8 M v
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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." g! y! e" L, t' d* \
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Poor Santa is also under fire for being too fat.
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6 g. w4 \7 ]7 ]' {9 U% yThe 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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* M+ S2 w+ h7 G v' s6 v. g) DA British shopping centre ordered its Santas to attend a month-long boot camp with exercises before greeting children.) i( u$ t, a: L- P; d- N6 H7 Z
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In the season of mass consumption, going green can win brownie points.) {. p. S' d! M4 \+ \+ m
- Q: O0 s- _" v& LIn Hong Kong, environmentalists are not amused, arguing that all theglittering neon Santas and rainbows of flashy lights are devouring toomuch electricity.
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* s2 i# s) Z6 O% sBut, 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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* W0 [! ^0 ^ N& xA Canadian man said he sold his son』s video game, a prized Christmas gift, on eBay after catching him smoking marijuana.
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In Singapore, vets gave Asian elephants Tun and Jamilah the perfectChristmas gift -- specially made waterproof boots to relieve chronicfoot lesions.
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$ I+ y* ^7 R# l+ O; aAnd cheeky Australian thieves stole 16 tonnes of ham and bacon from aSydney warehouse and then wrote "Thanks. Merry Christmas" on a wall.9 x9 P$ E4 _0 v7 I* t
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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！& U2 N4 H% a9 ~! _$ H* w) j( \0 \# [7 ~
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% N" C9 e: N3 x5 Q* q# b) [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」……8 T6 K- e4 W; t( z# J. C
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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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不僅如此，可憐的聖誕老人還因體形過胖而遭到「炮轟」。9 e# U, e" D- q# i6 c, W1 B
! K9 X0 u" Z9 S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。# s- C0 R3 L+ B, T
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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」。
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/ w4 h% i5 x' X( i, @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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4 ^7 }/ g* i( {9 c# k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。( d. W9 I5 p; i |
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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。) E+ B3 c' {# H. R1 @* k* B
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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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% M T. U! B6 m6 G8 X" ?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。3 h) p0 w# E, e$ E9 L9 f
1 w+ Y5 Q- K& u2 W& j$ \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！」。
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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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