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Want a Hippo for Christmas? The Story of a Girl Who Got One
NBC San Diego ^
| Dec 17, 2016
Posted on 12/18/2016 7:19:25 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
I hate that song ... the voice of the person singing it makes my skin crawl
To: nickcarraway
I sing along and mimic the voice as best I can -—
No crocodiles or rhinocer-oser-usses . . .
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posted on
12/18/2016 7:29:26 PM PST
by
LTC.Ret
To: nickcarraway
I still remember old Mrs. Fried in the 4th grade making us learn to sing this song for Christmas. Still hate it.
To: nickcarraway; Salamander; kanawa; humblegunner; Eaker; Semper Mark; 50mm; Vendome; JoeProBono; ...
It's been a long time... ...since we had a Hippo Ping.
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posted on
12/18/2016 7:30:46 PM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: shibumi
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posted on
12/18/2016 7:36:35 PM PST
by
bigbob
(We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
To: shibumi
Hippopotomii steaks...yummm!
To: nickcarraway
“I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas”
I’m 63 and have never heard (or heard of) that song.
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posted on
12/18/2016 7:42:21 PM PST
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: mom4melody
The only thing I hate more is those gd chipmunks. Why does this crap exist?
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posted on
12/18/2016 7:43:05 PM PST
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Spruce
To: Spruce
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posted on
12/18/2016 7:43:58 PM PST
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Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: nickcarraway
A Recent Picture Of Her.
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posted on
12/18/2016 7:51:46 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
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To: Windflier
I am 72 and heard it for the first time on tv a few days ago. Has a catchy tune.
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posted on
12/18/2016 8:00:13 PM PST
by
MamaB
(D. 13:2)
To: Spruce
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posted on
12/18/2016 8:03:41 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Spruce
The only thing I hate more is those gd chipmunks. Why does this crap exist? You're probably not a grade-school kid in 1958.
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posted on
12/18/2016 8:17:11 PM PST
by
Rufii
To: Windflier
I’m 42 and have heard it several times. I don’t get its appeal, perhaps if one is from that era they get what I am missing.
To: nickcarraway
The Barking Dogs barking ‘Jingle Bells’.
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posted on
12/18/2016 8:22:27 PM PST
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tumblindice
(America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
To: nickcarraway
Great! Thanks so much for posting this! This song has been sort of stuck in my head, I like the new TV ad that has it! Shared this story to FB!
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posted on
12/18/2016 8:31:35 PM PST
by
jocon307
To: nickcarraway
It's hard to believe that was the biggest Christmas hit of 1953--but Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby" and Stan Freberg's
"Christmas Dragnet" didn't offer a whole lot of competition.
To: MamaB
My wife keeps our kitchen radio tuned to a 24/7 Christmas music station throughout the month of December, so I’m surprised I’ve never heard that tune.
If it’s one of those ‘catchy’ ones, maybe it’s better that I haven’t heard it ;-)
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posted on
12/18/2016 8:52:54 PM PST
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Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: NorthstarMom
“...have heard it several times. I dont get its appeal, perhaps if one is from that era they get what I am missing.”
I was born the year the tune came out, but I don’t get the appeal of a lot of music from that time.
I guess I didn’t tune in to popular music until the late 50s - early 60s. There’s a lot of stuff from that era that I recall fondly.
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12/18/2016 8:57:52 PM PST
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Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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