Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Gayla Peevey's catchy Christmas wish for a hippopotamus came true in 1953, she didn't need to test the lyrical theory that a ...

Oklahoma City Zoo will unveil a new statue honoring Gayla Peavey, the local singer behind “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” and Matilda the hippo. This Thursday, the zoo will unveil a statue ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES -- All a cute, curly haired 10-year-old girl named Gayla Peevey wanted for Christmas in 1953 was a hippopotamus. And amazingly enough, after "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas" became ...

All the Cincinnati Zoo wants for Christmas is a hippopotamus. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WANT A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS") MARTIN: Thane Maynard is the director of the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Gayla Peevy, who sang the Christmas Classic “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas,” will be performing at the Sonrise Community Church in Santee next Saturday. Peevy joined ...

One dad took the song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" literally. Very literally. In a cute video going viral, he brings that wish to life for his son, and it back-fires in a way that would be ...