Puzzle Description:

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas!

#1: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Dec 12, 2008 [SPOILER]

He is so cute! And I love the song. No rhinoceruseses for me! :-)

Theresa thanks for participating in the WC where this week's contestants will be granted all their wishes. Now don not eat too much during the holidays ... You don't want to turn into a hippo yourself.

Very nice Theresa but you just rip my next week theme wich is WC#17: Christmas Song

guess you'll have to find another one.... :)

very cute thank you for your entry

I was trying to think of something that wasn't immediately obvious as a Christmas puzzle.

This one was actually really hard for me to solve! The "check" said it was solvable, but the helper didn't get very far at all. The color logic is pretty tricky. Maybe too hard for a WC? Or maybe I'm just not feeling well today!

Another one for next week, huh? Have to think about that!

Very cute.
Now I have the song in my head...I like the words and tune but hate the voice of the only version I've actually heard.

I am not sure I know the song....Given this fact I thought the picture very funny and totally unexpected. Took a while. Thanks

Here are the lyrics, Beth:

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door,
that's the easy thing to do

I can see me now on Christmas morning,
creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
when I open up my eyes
to see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too

Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian

There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage

I can see me now on Christmas morning,
creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
when I open up my eyes
to see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too!

Ahhhh! It's been in my head for two days now! Thanks for the lyrics, Adam.

I agree, Telly, that little girl has a *weird* voice. I can imitate it pretty well, much to the irritation of everyone around me.

OK-- time for some Pandora to get the song out of my head!

For everyone's enjoyment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtqIM_bPTws

Theresa make a video and upload it in facebook so we can hear you !

You know, I don't actually own a video recorder! And my digital camera doesn't record sound. Darn!

Our lost !!!

Thanks guys! I have never heard this before-of course we do avoid the all Christmas radio that starts in Ocotber!!! I was watching the Youtube when my son came down stairs this morning and he was speechless-then said this is just creepy-I think he meant the fact that Mom was sitting at the computer listening to it and not the song itself. I see the Jonas Brothers did it too. Is this an old song?

Theresa may be you should change the name to WC # 17.
I loved this puzzle, as you said a bit difficult, but excellent.

I loved it too...& I love that song :)

I kept expecting the Christmas Moose except the antlers never developed. Nice surprise. I wasn't familiar with the song either.

Ahhh, childhood memories. The song was flip side on the "All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth" 45 that my uncle brought me the year I lost my two front teeth around Christmastime.

tremendous fun to solve! The bow reminds me of artist Karen Appleton's paintings... See her wonderful work:

http://karenappleton.blogspot.com/

BTW, the youtube video was removed by user. sad, I wanted to see it!

I agree with Gabriel. This was a really fun puzzle to solve. Thanks!

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