Written mainly from the hippo’s perspective, “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas†is an original Christmas story, by Amazon best-selling author and illustrator, Riley Weber. On Christmas Eve, after getting some fresh air outside, Henry the hippo, who loves Christmas, see’s Santa’s sleigh come and land on his roof. Curious Henry decides to take a peek inside Santa’s sleigh, when he suddenly hears Santa coming back up the chimney. Not wanting to get caught, Henry the Hippo makes a quick decision to hop inside Santa’s bag full of Christmas presents to hide. That is where Henry’s real adventure takes off. Away Henry goes, on Santa’s sleigh, hidden deep inside his big bag full of presents. Half a world away, a kid that’s been very good, named Sterling, wishes he could get a real hippopotamus for Christmas. Little does he know, Santa might just have an answer for that Christmas wish, and he doesn’t even know it yet.