LONDON (Reuters) - Father Christmas was forced to swap his traditional red and white hat for protective headgear after children pelted him with mince pies in Scotland.

　　据路透社12月20日报道，最近在英国苏格兰出现了这样一位颇为倒霉的圣诞老人，由于当地个别青少年以馅饼为武器向其发动"袭击"，所以他不得不将一直戴着的那种传统样式的红白帽子换成了更能保护自己的安全帽。

　　Santa was hit on the head by pastries thrown from a balcony as he handed out gold chocolate coins at a shopping centre in the town of Paisley, near Glasgow, at the weekend.

　　这位圣诞老人是于上周末时在格拉斯哥附近"遇袭"的，当他正在一家购物中心里向人们发放被做成巧克力形状的金币时，有人从阳台上扔下来几个馅饼恰好击中其头部。

　　"Health and safety is paramount," centre manager Andrew MacKinnon said on Wednesday. "We issued him with a yellow hardhat equipped with a pair of reindeer antlers to make it look more festive."

　　那家购物中心的经理安德鲁·麦金农说："圣诞老人的健康和安全一直是我们最为关心的事情，我们给他提供了一顶安全帽，为了进一步突显节日气氛，我们还在帽子上安装了一对驯鹿的鹿角。"

　　He said a gang of local "neds", or yobs, threw the pies before running off. Last year, the centre's Father Christmas was set upon by youths calling a him a "fraud and a fake".

　　按照这位经理的说法，肇事者是当地一伙游手好闲的小混混儿，他们在扔完馅饼后就溜之大吉了。而就在去年，该购物中心所雇佣的圣诞老人同样受到了一伙年轻人的攻击。

　　（国际在线独家资讯 张咏 国际在线专稿 未经允许 请勿转载）

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