{"id":1981,"date":"2011-12-14T22:18:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T22:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=1981"},"modified":"2011-12-14T22:21:28","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T22:21:28","slug":"i-want-a-hippopotamus-for-christmas-gayla-peevey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2011\/12\/i-want-a-hippopotamus-for-christmas-gayla-peevey.html","title":{"rendered":"I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas &#8211; Gayla Peevey"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Daily Video<\/h3>\n<p>Wee-eeee &#8211; this is one fun Christmas song! I dare you and double dare you not to smile while listening to Gayla Peevey sing &#8220;I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.&#8221; You can tell from the double dares, that this song brings out the inner child! And what could be better than feeling like a child at Christmas? Prayable&#8217;s picks the Hippopotamus Christmas song as today&#8217;s best Christmas music. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gayla  Peevey..........I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DCAWkdgbt8g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Christmas Music\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/christmas-music\/\">ENJOY MORE<\/a> Christmas Music!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas Lyrics &#8211; Gayla Peevey<\/h4>\n<p>I want a hippopotamus for Christmas<br \/>\nOnly a hippopotamus will do<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy<br \/>\nI want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy<\/p>\n<p>I want a hippopotamus for Christmas<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t think Santa Claus will mind, do you?<br \/>\nHe won&#8217;t have to use our dirty chimney flue<br \/>\nJust bring him through the front door,<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s the easy thing to do<\/p>\n<p>I can see me now on Christmas morning,<br \/>\ncreeping down the stairs<br \/>\nOh what joy and what surprise<br \/>\nwhen I open up my eyes<br \/>\nto see a hippo hero standing there<\/p>\n<p>I want a hippopotamus for Christmas<br \/>\nOnly a hippopotamus will do<br \/>\nNo crocodiles, no rhinoceroses<br \/>\nI only like hippopotamuses<br \/>\nAnd hippopotamuses like me too<\/p>\n<p>Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then<br \/>\nTeacher says a hippo is a vegeterian.<br \/>\n(Short Music Interlude)<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s lots of room for him in our two-car garage<br \/>\nI&#8217;d feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage<\/p>\n<p>I can see me now on Christmas morning,<br \/>\ncreeping down the stairs<br \/>\nOh what joy and what surprise<br \/>\nwhen I open up my eyes<br \/>\nto see a hippo hero standing there<\/p>\n<p>I want a hippopotamus for Christmas<br \/>\nOnly a hippopotamus will do<br \/>\nNo crocodiles or rhinoceroseses<br \/>\nI only like hippopotamuseses<br \/>\nAnd hippopotamuses like me too!<\/p>\n<p><em>Composer: John Rox<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/files\/2011\/12\/I-Want-a-Hippo-vid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1982\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/12\/I-Want-a-Hippo-vid-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Video Wee-eeee &#8211; this is one fun Christmas song! 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