A scream of “A Santa in white!” goes up as a wide-eyed Danish boy catches a glimpse of a Santa Claus who ditched his traditional red clothes for a white suit at a Santa convention in Denmark recently.
“No, no, my suit didn’t lose its color in the wash! This is my summer outfit,” says this Santa Claus from Washington DC who stands out from the other 150 Father Christmases and elves dressed in their fur-lined red suits.
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The group held its 51st annual meeting at the Bakken amusement park outside Copenhagen, discussing the Christmas calendar, slimming exercises and chasing a place in the Guinness Book of World Records with a hula-hoop contest.
Sporting a slender physique, also in contrast to his rounder colleagues, the US Santa is easily the visitors’ favorite, especially among women who line up to have their picture taken with him and the roly-poly Danish Santa.
“Yes, Santas need exercise,” the American Santa says, noting that in the US there is “a new movement for skinnier Father Christmases since American chimneys are smaller than European ones.”
“I disagree!” shouts his colleague from Denmark.
“We don’t want to go on a diet. We just want bigger chimneys, that’s all,” he adds.
This year, the convention focused on the Santas’ health, with participants agreeing to do more exercise to reduce their stomach size.(AFP)
日前在丹麥舉行的一場耶誕老人大會上,當地一名小男孩瞥見一個捨傳統紅袍、改穿白袍的耶誕老人,不禁瞪大眼驚呼「穿白袍的耶誕老人耶!」。
這位來自華盛頓特區的耶誕老人說:「不,不,我的衣袍不是被洗褪色!這是我的夏裝!」和其他一百五十位身穿滾毛紅袍的耶誕老人及小精靈一比,他格外顯眼。
今年的第五十一屆耶誕老人年度大會在哥本哈根郊區的巴肯遊樂園舉行,耶誕老人齊聚一堂討論耶誕節日程、瘦身運動等事宜,還為了挑戰金氏世界紀錄舉辦了一場呼拉圈大賽。
和其他體型渾圓的耶誕老人相比,這位來自美國的耶誕老人展現他修長的體型,儼然成為遊客的最愛,尤其女士們紛紛排隊要和他還有胖嘟嘟的丹麥耶誕老人合照。
這位美國耶誕老人說:「沒錯,耶誕老人需要運動。」他還提到:「因為美國的煙囪比歐洲的窄小,所以在美國有一項耶誕老人的瘦身新運動」。
他來自丹麥的夥伴高喊:「我不同意!」
他說:「我們不想節食減肥,只要有更大的煙囪就好了。」
今年聚會的主題是耶誕老人的健康問題,與會者都同意多做點運動,好甩掉肚子上的肥肉。
(法新社�翻譯:袁星塵)
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