<P> In the 2007 Sesame Street Christmas special "Elmo's Christmas Countdown", Big Bird sang a duet of the song with Anne Hathaway . However, in that version, they replaced hippopotamus with Snuffleupagus . </P> <P> Country music singer Gretchen Wilson recorded a rendition in late 2009 . It debuted at No. 54 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated for January 2, 2010 . It is included on her album Christmas in My Heart, released in 2013 . </P> <P> American recording artist LeAnn Rimes released her cover of the song as a digital single for her EP, One Christmas: Chapter 1 (2014). </P> <P> In 2016, country music artist Kacey Musgraves recorded a version for her album A Very Kacey Christmas . </P>

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