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STRANGE SIGHTS: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, PART II – A ‘RUNNING’ CHRISTMAS TREE; LIGHTING UP SOMEONE ELSE’S HOUSE; AND, MORE AMERICANS THINK SANTA IS A DEMOCRAT…

DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…

Is that a Christmas tree you just saw running down the street? If you were in Tokyo recently, that could well be the case. Brit Joseph Tame, an inventor who owns a video production and digital media business in the Japanese capital, has reportedly constructed himself a “Running Christmas Tree” costume – made from an aluminium frame with Christmas tree branches and lights attached – which he wears on dashes through the city all aimed at spreading Christmas cheer. “There are many areas of the city that are beautifully illuminated with Christmas decorations, but there are also areas where there are not, so I thought wouldn’t it be great to take the fun and wonder of these illuminations into those areas and spread the Christmas cheer,” he told CNN.”I like to make people laugh and smile where they don’t expect it.”

Couldn’t be bothered putting up Christmas lights this year? Don’t worry, provided you have access to the internet you can get your fix by flicking on those of the Woods family in Fairbanks, Alaska. The family has created a website where anyone can turn their external Christmas lights on or off (and not just on the screen – it is apparently occurring in real time in Alaska, although the number of people taking part on the site at any one time may make it tough to discern when your flick takes effect). It’s not the first year they’ve done so – Ken and Rebecca-Ellen Woods first launched the idea in 2010.

Some 28 per cent of Americans think Santa Claus is a Democrat – down dramatically from the 44 per cent who thought so when asked after Barack Obama’s election as president in 2012 – while 22 per cent think he’s a Republican. The same poll from US firm Public Policy Polling also found that Rudolph was by far the most well-loved reindeer with 46 per cent saying he was their favourite compared to second place getter Dasher who attracted just nine per cent of the vote. Meanwhile, on a non-Christmas related theme, an earlier survey of Republican primary voters reportedly found that almost a third support bombing the Kingdom of Agrabah – only hitch is that Agrabah is a fanciful land made famous in the Robin Williams’ film, Aladdin. To be fair, 57 per cent of the 530 or so Republican voters said they were not sure and 13 per cent outright opposed the move. PPP said its survey of Democratic primary voters showed a lesser 19 per cent would support the bombing of Agrabah.

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