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What do the numbers say? All I Want For Christmas Is You has achieved remarkable success. It is ranked as Billboard's number one holiday song of all time, has spent 16 weeks at the top of the Hot ...

Metro Richmond Zoo recently celebrated the birth of a pygmy hippo and held an online naming contest that drew more than ...

The video was set to the Christmas carol "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas." "Most people don’t get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo is leaning into the popular holiday tune “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” to announce ... to tie the birth to the holiday song. The calf was born in the water.

The soundtrack of that video is -- what else? -- "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" by Gayla Peevey. After gestating for 7 months, Iris gave birth to this baby in water -- the first time she's ...

The soundtrack of that video is -- what else? -- "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" by Gayla Peevey. Get top local stories in Connecticut delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC ...

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A female pygmy hippo named Iris gave birth to a healthy female calf on December 9 at the Metro Richmond Zoo, officials said.