caffeinepig

這首聖誕歌曲「I want a hippopotamus for Christmas」很好玩，是在這裡廣播電台裡點播率排前十大的。我以前在台灣從來沒聽過。不曉得這首歌的典故是什麼，為什麼是「河馬」而不是其他動物。它的歌詞真得很有趣。跟著唱時，就會不自覺的會心的一笑。哈哈....真可愛 （最好笑的是，她說他幫河馬洗完澡之後，還要給河馬「馬殺雞」...）
不過說起河馬，我就有一隻非常特別又可愛的桃紅小河馬。牠是我兩年前在舊金山市區裡的一個Mall無意間發現的。很後悔那時沒把牠不同的造型都買下來。沒有別的河馬比牠可愛的了。

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas 

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!

後記：我的桃紅小河馬....愛不釋手...^^