時尚雙語:葡萄牙1.4萬聖誕老人遊行 創新紀錄
Over 14,000 Santas march for world record
More than 14,000 people dressed as Santa Clauses paraded in Portugal's city of Porto on Sunday to try to set a new world record for the largest gathering of Santas and raise money for charity.
Despite cold weather and drizzling rain, the crowd in red-and-white hats and jackets, including scores of women and children with fake white beards, strolled through the city streets singing songs and dancing in the annual parade that started in the afternoon and continued after dark.
"It's not just a gathering of people at the time of the year when people normally get together, but it is also a social event to bring the warmth of Christmas to those who don't always have it," Vitor Ferreira, one of the organizers of the event, told reporters.
Every Santa, or Pai Natal (Father Christmas) as he is known in Portugal, who took part in the parade donated 1 euro to buy presents for the needy children in Porto, Portugal's second-largest city, Ferreira said.
He said 17,400 people had signed up to take part, although bad weather prevented some from parading. Still, over 14,200 showed up in the end, which organisers claimed to be record, according to RTP national television channel.
According to the Guinness World Records web site (), the previous world record for the largest gathering of Santas was set last year in Derry City, Northern Ireland, where a total of 12,965 people took part dressed up as Santa or Santa's helpers.
上週日，一萬四千多人裝扮成 “聖誕老人”參加在葡萄牙波爾圖市舉行的大遊行，此次活動旨在創造規模最大的聖誕老人集會的世界紀錄，另一個目的則是爲慈善募款。
此次一年一度的聖誕老人遊行從當天下午開始，一直持續到傍晚。儘管天氣寒冷，天空飄着細雨，但穿戴着紅白相間的帽子和衣服的“聖誕老人”們熱情不減，他們沿街而行，載歌載舞，遊行隊伍中還有幾十名戴着白色大鬍子的婦女和兒童。
活動組織者之一維託•費雷拉在接受記者採訪時說：“這不僅是每年一度的大聚會，更是一個重要的社會活動，它把節日的溫暖帶給每一個人，尤其是那些窮人。”
費雷拉稱，參與此次遊行的每位“聖誕老人（葡語中被稱爲Pai Natal）”都捐款1歐元，爲波爾圖的貧困兒童購買聖誕禮物。波爾圖爲葡萄牙第二大城市。
他說，共有17400人報名參加此次活動，但因天氣原因，一些人沒來參加。儘管如此，據葡萄牙RTP廣播電視公司報道，最終共有14200人蔘加了此次活動，組織者稱這一數字創下了最新紀錄。
據吉尼斯世界紀錄網站()介紹，此前規模最大的“聖誕老人”集會紀錄於去年在北愛爾蘭的德里市誕生，當時共有12965人裝扮成聖誕老人或聖誕老人幫手參加了那次遊行活動。
Vocabulary:
needy:being in need; impoverished（貧窮的；貧困的）
