
JIM KEMME IN COLLABORATION “Most ornaments are challenges, and I love a challenge,” says Keepsake Artist Jim Kemme. In his 54 years of creating at Hallmark, Jim has worked as a designer of everything from puzzles and posters to candles and ornaments. “As an artist, l’d call myself a realist. In my mind, I’m always just trying to get it right,” he says with a laugh. Anita Marra Rogers has been a lifelong painter, but she didn’t know she could sculpt until an impromptu visit to Hallmark. A friend who worked in the Keepsake Studio invited her to stop by for lunch one day, and while the other artists were out at lunch, Anita decided sculpting was worth a try. Soon enough, she’d developed a sculpting portfolio that blew both Hallmark and her friend away and has been sculpting happily ever since.
WITH ANITA MARRA ROGERS
HALLMARK KEEPSAKE ARTIST

HALLMARK KEEPSAKE ARTIST
Magic (sound)
Press the button on the ornament to hear music from "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas," performed by Gayla Peevey.
Requires two (2) LR44 batteries (included).
- Artist: Jim Kemme and Anita Marra Rogers
- Released: 2024 (Ornament Premiere)
- Retail Price: $20.99 USA/$26.99 CAN
- Material(s): palstic
- Dimensions: 2.79" w. x 3.11" h. x 2.37" d.
- SKU: QGO2571
- Produced in: Sri Lanka
- Production Date(s):

Description
Magic (sound)
Serenade friends and family by playing "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" with this whimsical Christmas tree ornament. This happy hippo is delighted to be the star of the show Christmas morning wearing a big red bow from Santa and gazing up at the Christmas tree.
Press the button on the ornament to hear music from "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas," performed by Gayla Peevey.
Requires two (2) LR44 batteries (included).
- Artist: Jim Kemme and Anita Marra Rogers
- Released: 2024 (Ornament Premiere)
- Retail Price: $20.99 USA/$26.99 CAN
- Material(s): palstic
- Dimensions: 2.79" w. x 3.11" h. x 2.37" d.
- SKU: QGO2571
- Produced in: Sri Lanka
- Production Date(s):
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