Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. She was a children's Christmas song come to life. On Dec. 24, 1953, a 700-pound "baby" lumbered from her moving crate into the ...

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The singer behind the holiday hit “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” remains a beloved voice of 1950s nostalgia.

It is literally Christmas in July as iconic hippopotamus song will now be a part of the Oklahoma City Zoo forever. The iconic Christmas song, “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas”, was recorded in ...

The Oklahoma City Zoo canceled Tuesday’s planned sing-along and meet-and-greet with singer Gayla Peevey because of travel issues. Peevey, who sings “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” was scheduled ...

She was a children's Christmas song come to life. On Dec. 24, 1953, a 700-pound "baby" lumbered from her moving crate into the awaiting water at Oklahoma City's Lincoln Park Zoo. "I Want a ...