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. >> i used to say all i want for christmas is a hippopotamus, all i want for christmas is a baby polar to have to get in line because i think a lot of people want to get their hands on this little guy. >>> this is a christmas music classic performed by -- well, take a look. >> christmas is all about whistles and bullets and santa and camo? >> bullets and santa and camo? >> oh my! >> this dude is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the colt 1911 .45 caliber gun and he's doing it by dressing up as santa and playing "jingle bells" with his gun. >> you have to use your imagination a little bit. >> i can't hear it. ♪ over the hills we go ♪ laughing all the way >> you remember the "snl" character that will ferrell used to play? the guy that couldn't raise his voice, everything was just monotone? i hope little kids don't see this video, they would be totally freaked out why santa has a gun. >> this wouldn't be as effective going door to door, carolling. knocking on somebody's door -- blam blam blam! but no, i'm playing a song for you, i swear! >>> that leaves you wanting something a little m

her love for the animals so far she surrounded herself with every conceivable, every conceivable hippopotamusd-turning car. here is ktrk's deborah wrigley. >> reporter: when sue drives she does it with purpose, have a laugh, make other do's the same. it is an adventure. >> love it! >> thank you. >> reporter: how can you not do a double take at the sight of a hippo on wheels, bright red, blinking blue eyes, her name is cherrio and the view even better from the back with the swishing tail and for the extra effect -- it's the second hippo car she has commissioned. both have been fixtures of the art car parade. but this is just the tich tp of hippo iceberg. she has been collecting hippos big. >> i don't remember the names. >> reporter: small and everything in between for the past 40 years. when she says she saw dancing hippos in the movie "fantasia." >> i saw the little hippo. that started it. when you have three then you start the collection. >> reporter: it's grown to several thousand pieces, paintings, a hippo in the bathtub. it is about more than an animal. >> i'm not a doctor, i don't do any

. ♪ ♪ i want a hippopotamus for christmas ♪ >>> this morning on "parenting today" it's the season ofetty close to $300, $271, but one in ten parents are spending over $500, and what's ironic about that is 75% of these same parents will admit, my kid is spoiled. they know this. >> robi, you say it's not so much about the amount but it is about the message. >> it's the message. you know, teaching your child things should come easily, giving in to tantrums, sending the message kids don't need to work for what they want. these are all, and also not being grateful for what they have. that's also sending the message, it's okay to be spoiled. >> i think a lot of us as parents have been guilty of, you know, trying to get to the store to get the hottest toy in the aisles right now, and christina, what did the survey find about the length that parents are willing to go to, to get that toy? >> well, 4% will admit to actually going to the store and wrestling other parents down. >> what? >> to grab a toy. >> really? >> a much higher percentage. >> you get your exercise that way. >> so much for th