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.' v* V& z! n8 v4 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.
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# c( t4 r7 T& X( V6 aIn a Rio de Janeiro slum, drug traffickers opened fire on a helicoptercarrying Santa Claus to a Christmas party, apparently mistaking it fora police helicopter.+ R/ |& x2 D7 I
( f/ d& A' f" X* RPoor Santa is also under fire for being too fat./ B! G) C$ c. ` @
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The acting US surgeon general said a thinner Santa would be a better role model for kids in a land battling obesity.4 X* w. d- s, ]3 ?+ c0 h0 S, L/ M
$ S% \0 s% ^4 \ R3 F: ^ ]A British shopping centre ordered its Santas to attend a month-long boot camp with exercises before greeting children.
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7 m1 ^* t9 m! @& jIn the season of mass consumption, going green can win brownie points.! C+ B* r" O& S" O# @2 K
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In 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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% k% ~2 b& X- mBut, 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.
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In Singapore, vets gave Asian elephants Tun and Jamilah the perfectChristmas gift -- specially made waterproof boots to relieve chronicfoot lesions.1 X) C# x& w3 O
1 M6 H* x4 i4 k9 S2 {4 C4 ?0 k/ M+ \And cheeky Australian thieves stole 16 tonnes of ham and bacon from aSydney warehouse and then wrote "Thanks. Merry Christmas" on a wall.- S7 U6 M. t; g/ l
A& t( A8 x/ b0 h0 |2 ]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！/ Z% I, x8 p5 b$ W
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P: s! j* y% U# e( ~4 R* ~; p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」……) _# P# |- _1 r% @
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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。 g( J" [ k/ e% |2 G) W" k3 G
/ G4 G; V9 u# U+ b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。2 W, K) Q8 C' O6 ? Z7 b9 }0 D) {& M- c# v0 y
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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」。8 c' ^, q i) ]0 G' F( p
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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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/ V% _; G8 P8 M+ u4 d8 ^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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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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! g) s+ ]; G) ~6 z$ {7 T/ Y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。5 F- \5 _4 I' I9 O8 m7 E8 N0 |
' A& `% ]% [$ d8 o, Y6 @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。
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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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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。1 f/ h q0 e. B0 Q; X2 s+ }2 g
6 q' k) z1 _' }. R3 [" }, @7 s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！」。0 h) J& u* C* _5 r
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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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