'Queen Of Christmas,' Gayla Peevey To Return To OKC Zoo For Sing-Along Event

Gayla Peevey, also known as the Queen Of Christmas, is returning to the Oklahoma City Zoo for a sing-along event.

News 9's Jordan Ryan spoke with the Oklahoma native on the Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages Porch on Wednesday.

Peevey recorded the holiday classic, "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas," as a 10-year-old in 1953.

Through a campaign, Peevey helped the OKC Zoo get a hippopotamus, Matilda, who lived at the zoo for 50 years and had nine babies.

The event is on Thursday, Nov. 9, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the zoo's Pachyderm Building.

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