“Oh thank you honey! You know I love that show! Oh now I can redecorate the house and get new ideas. Oh this'll be so much fun.” she said, mostly talking to herself.

The rest of present passing went out like that, Emmett passing out his, then Esme, and Jasper. Jasper's present to Emmett sure brightened up the Christmas day.

“What is that?” Edward asked, trying to figure out what exactly Emmett was holding.

“It's some kind of plush animal toy.” I said, not quite sure what animal it was from the angle I could see it.

“Oh. My. God. You guys!! I love this!” Emmett squealed, turning the toy so we could get a better view of it.

Now that I could see it better, it was a orange hippopotamus toy. It reminded me of that one Christmas song, “I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas,” done by Gayla Peevey.

“That reminds me of that song. Do you know what I'm talking about?” I asked.

“Of course we do. That song got him into so much trouble a couple years back. Jasper got him that hippopotamus to commemorate the fifth Christmas since the incident.” Rosalie said, snickering.

“Oh can we play it while I tell the story? It gets me in the mood for this story.” Emmett said smiling widely and showing Renesmee the toy.

I walked over to the radio and flipped it on, clicking through the CDs' playlists until I found the song.

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 smiled as I walked back over to the couch.

“Ahh. Much better. Okay. Well, one year, I heard this song in a department store that Alice and Rose dragged me to. I started thinking I actually wanted one for Christmas. I mean they're huge and they look cute, kinda.” he said, smiling widely.

I can see me now on Christmas morning,

Creeping down the stairsssss

Oh what joy and what surprise,

When I open up my eyes

To see a hip-po her-o stand-ing there.

“So a week before Christmas, I beg and beg for us to go to the zoo. Which always gets interesting, by the way. Especially with Mr. I-can't-control-myself over here.” he said, gesturing to Jasper.