LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- This time of year, radio stations get nostalgic with songs about sleigh rides and silver bells, but there's another Christmas classic that has endured the test of time for more ...

She was a children's Christmas song come to life. On Dec. 24, 1953, a 700-pound "baby" lumbered from her moving crate into the awaiting water at Oklahoma City's Lincoln Park Zoo. "I Want a ...

All a cute, curly haired 10-year-old girl named Gayla Peevey wanted for Christmas in 1953 was a hippopotamus. And amazingly enough, after "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas" became the biggest hit ...

GODDARD, Kan. (KAKE) - Just seven days ago pigmy hippopotamus parents, Pluto and Posie welcomed their 13-pound baby boy. Like any mother, Posie and the baby are having bonding time which is one reason ...

Ukraine said it hit 41 Russian aircraft in a drone attack on enemy bases it called "Operation Spiderweb." The Oklahoma native, who was 10 when she recorded the ditty, used the song's popularity to ...