‘A Very Fiona Christmas’ on Today

Dec 13, 2019 / Source: Today

By Jen Reeder

Santa Clause may be the wor'ld’s biggest celebrity this time if a year but this season, he’s getting help spreading holiday cheer from the world’s most famous hippo, Fiona.

The beloved hippo strand to fame in 2017 after she was born six weeks premature at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Weighing just 29 pounds, she wasn’t expected to live. But thanks to the dedicated care of the team at the zoo, she neat the odds and not only survived — she now weighs more than 2,000 pounds — but captured the imagination and hearts of millions of Americans.

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