Hippopotamusses

Wow! This totally fits both today's comment, and the blog. It has the squee, and the hippo!

http://dailysquee.com/2009/12/18/i-want-a-hippopat amus-for-christmas/

Be careful, @Kalika, those house hippos are a menace. They ate all my peanut butter!

I kind of like, "I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus." Yes, DADDY. Makes me laugh every time. Merry Christmas!

I love I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas, but I think this one is even weirder!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQrdxtWgHbE

http://www.links2love.com/christmas-songs-hippopot amus.htm

Lyrics!

There is a website called SoundAmerica that has a plethora of sounds, .wavs, and themes.

Not only do they have "I Want A Hippotamus for Christmas" by Gayle Peevey, the original version, they have a renditon by The 3 Stooges!

Here is a link:

http://soundamerica.com/sounds/themes/Christmas_So ngs/I/1/

This should take you to the list containing the song.

The Canadian phone company "Telus" is using this very song on its smartphone adds right now.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KDj2Uo0IwU rather amusing.

And in the bizarre Christmas category - but not quite a song

"Santa and the Satellite," Buchanan and Goodman

I adore this song... wikipedia has the story of how this song was used by an Oklahoma City promoter in 1953 as a fundraiser to procure a hippopotamus for Gayla Peevey, the young girl singing the song, who was from the area. They raised $3000 and purchased a baby hippo, Matilda. Gayla donated the hippo to the zoo, which had no hippo at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_a_Hippopotamus _for_Christmas

I love this song. My family listened to it every Christmas. I wonder if we still have it...
Hippos are awesome.

I found this song on an old Dr. Demento Christmas album when i was about 12. I have been singing it and receiving hippo paraphenalia ever since. My mom once thought I was too old for it, but I just started singing louder.

this is my wifestrel's FAVOURITE xmas tune! (mine? a tie between thurl ravencroft's "mr grinch" and bob rivers' "walking round in wimmen's underwear"...does bob rivers' twisted xmas have a website?) btw, the daily sqwirt works great now! thanx for whippin' them web gremlins into shape!