There are two Christmas songs that will forever remind me of Oklahoma:
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas was performed by the Oklahoma City area child star Gayla Peevey in 1953.
"A popular legend holds that this 1953 hit had been recorded as a fund-raiser to bring the city zoo a hippo; but in a 2007 radio interview with Detroit-based WNIC radio station, Peevey clarified that the song was not originally recorded as a fundraiser. Instead, a local promoter picked up on the popularity of the song and Peevey's local roots, and launched a campaign to present her with an actual hippopotamus on Christmas."
Peevey was presented with an actual hippopotamus that she donated to the Oklahoma City Zoo. Matilda, the hippo, lived for nearly 50 years.
"I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too"
The other song is the BC Clark Jewelers Anniversary sale jingle.
The jingle was created in 1956. It just wouldn't be Christmas in Oklahoma without it.
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