BRAZIL-CHRISTMAS/SANTA-ZIP LINE Extreme Santa zip-lines down Rio's iconic Sugarloaf Mountain

Record ID: 863957

  • Title: BRAZIL-CHRISTMAS/SANTA-ZIP LINE Extreme Santa zip-lines down Rio's iconic Sugarloaf Mountain
  • Date: 18th December 2014
  • Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (DECEMBER 18, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CABLE CARS AT SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN VARIOUS OF SANTA CLAUS TRAVELLING ON TOP OF A CABLE CAR PEOPLE TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF SANTA CLAUS ARRIVING ON THE CABLE CAR SANTA CLAUS ZIP-LINING ON THE CABLE CAR WIRES A LITTLE GIRL ON A MAN'S SHOULDERS WATCHING SANTA CLAUS ARRIVING ON THE WIRE (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) MOTHER SPEAKING TO HER YOUNG DAUGHTER, ANDREA, SAYING: "It isn't Santa Claus? No? Is it his helper?" SANTA CLAUS ZIP-LINING AND WAVING TO THE AUDIENCE PEOPLE WATCHING SANTA CLAUS ARRIVE
  • Embargoed: 2nd January 2015 12:00
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  • Location: Brazil
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  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAEDQ7T00APT57EI34DMTAUKS5G
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  • Story Text: In the heat of the Rio de Janeiro sun, Santa Claus traded in the chimney for a more extreme arrival this Christmas, zip-lining down the city's iconic Sugarloaf Mountain.
    Dangling from the wires which carry hundreds of view-hungry tourists in cable cars between the mountains each day, Santa zipped down towards the city on Thursday (December 18).
    Watching the year-long-awaited bringer of gifts bundle down in his full furry red regalia, were crowds of parents and children, eager for Christmas to arrive.
    Not all were convinced that Santa could be so adventurous, however, as one little girl informed her mother that it was only a helper.
    "It isn't Santa Claus? No? Is it his helper?" her mother, Andrea, replied, whilst speaking to Reuters TV at Sugarloaf Mountain.
    Traditional family celebrations for Christmas take place on December 25 in Brazil, the largest predominantly Catholic country in the world.
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