All I know is that
I want a hippotamus for Chrismas.
Only a hippotamus will do.
“I want a hippotamus for Chrismas.”
I put that on a Christmas CD for now-wife and -stepdaughter when latter was about seven years old. Drove future wife nuts playing that song over and over.
I love that song. Especially the part that says “No (Rhino)ceros!!!!)