Jingle-Bang! Bah Humbug. Bizarre rules at Christmas: p, W! G7 Q8 r; n+ J
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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.
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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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% V: z" G* J; S% Y; @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.! o9 [: g, l% L1 w# j+ w6 L
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Poor Santa is also under fire for being too fat.1 m# r% x) u. r) y
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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.5 D) }, ]2 n; p* O4 }: z! u
& e& a- u; B7 ]) G" l0 u9 `A British shopping centre ordered its Santas to attend a month-long boot camp with exercises before greeting children.6 Q: @$ ~8 Q' z1 a$ g* k
, ~- L$ I. v+ ]/ g4 VIn the season of mass consumption, going green can win brownie points.& i" p2 X, l! e/ V# T* j, A' I: c
+ l& O# n+ N5 T: M1 bIn Hong Kong, environmentalists are not amused, arguing that all theglittering neon Santas and rainbows of flashy lights are devouring toomuch electricity.* s+ T4 `% h! F5 D4 M$ k: O6 c
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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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" m) D# x6 E1 g( }2 f) }A Canadian man said he sold his son』s video game, a prized Christmas gift, on eBay after catching him smoking marijuana.: [! l: k$ o- c! O
' d6 Z9 [/ f3 ~6 o8 d. Q; jIn Singapore, vets gave Asian elephants Tun and Jamilah the perfectChristmas gift -- specially made waterproof boots to relieve chronicfoot lesions.2 l; w8 X" `# o7 d5 ~. i; v0 y
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And cheeky Australian thieves stole 16 tonnes of ham and bacon from aSydney warehouse and then wrote "Thanks. Merry Christmas" on a wall.9 e& i, R$ i8 h# S6 X4 V
' }2 \9 f" e9 N* H( n) SBut 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！/ t/ M/ y4 u4 v: c3 [# G8 m
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0 f0 \1 [+ [6 O c9 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」……
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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。2 m7 I6 A6 P0 Z+ N' d3 G' j6 i
, a- V; h, x& w- y: f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。6 z; ]( \, \8 \: P/ e: w
: u& j( F( x0 c3 e! h% c不僅如此，可憐的聖誕老人還因體形過胖而遭到「炮轟」。% l) E. n) x1 D1 ` s" H I9 h9 x
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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。1 p; V; H0 p# X
3 C& G. [$ U( P% p# u# f( \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」。. w! O" B) {: _! n& x8 ~4 ~
4 ^2 e. n1 a' `- M* p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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, U; h8 V3 k2 B3 [; i; [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。
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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。
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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。3 c D4 n+ `9 t
; t" V2 E- n" N8 `. W% `" x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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5 U* N' ?+ B# n7 \* M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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