Archive for February 7th, 2007

Gayla Peevey - I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

“I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” is a Christmas song from 1953, that was written by John Rox and performed by a ten year old girl named Gayla Peevey, who was a popular child singer in Oklahoma. The B-side of the original 78 featured the song “Are my Ears on Straight?” The song has […]

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Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus (animated cartoon)

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Bill Melendez, who is best known for his work on the Peanuts specials, produced this Emmy award-winning 1974 animated Christmas TV special. The animation looks suspiciously like Charles Schulz’ drawings, and it even features some of the same voices used in the Peanuts cartoon specials. Based on Virginia O’Hanlon’s letter from 1897, that she sent […]

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