Question: I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas was performed by a child star from what city?

Context articles: Michael Shea (actor)
Gayla Peevey
Thora Birch
Christmas Time Is in the Air Again
Faria Bukhari
Brooke Shields
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Child Star: The Story of Shirley Temple
June Preston
Grethe Kausland

Michael Shea (born November 4, 1952) is an American former child actor.
 Beginning a prolific career as a child actor at the age of ten, Shea is perhaps best known for portraying the title role in the NBC children's television series, "The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", as well as for his feature film roles; as Nick in the Ivan Tors family film, "Namu, the Killer Whale", as Jimmy in the MGM western, "Welcome to Hard Times", and as "Cav" in the Walt Disney drama, "".
 Although born and raised in New York City, Shea was primarily cast as the wholesome small-town "country boy" throughout most of his career as a child star.
Gayla Rienette Peevey (born March 8, 1943) is a former singer and child star from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
 Her family moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma, in 1948.
 She is best known for her recording, under her maiden name Gayla Peevey, of "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" (Columbia 4-40106, 1953).
 Peevey recorded the novelty song when she was 10 years old.
Thora Birch (born March 11, 1982) is an American actress.
 She made her film debut in "Purple People Eater" (1988), for which she won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Under Nine Years of Age, and rose to early prominence as a child star with her performances in films such as "All I Want for Christmas" (1991), "Patriot Games" (1992), "Hocus Pocus" (1993), "Monkey Trouble" (1994), "Now and Then" (1995) and "Alaska" (1996).
"Christmas Time is in the Air Again" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her second Christmas album and thirteenth studio album, "Merry Christmas II You" (2010).
 It was written and produced by Carey in collaboration with Broadway composer Marc Shaiman.
 Lyrically, it is about finding love during the Christmas season.
 The track garnered positive reviews from critics, with one describing it as an outstanding performance and the only song on the album that could compare to one of Carey's previous Christmas singles, "All I Want for Christmas Is You".
 It was released as a single in December 2012.
 An accompanying lyric video was released, and Carey has performed "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" live on NBC's "Christmas in Rockefeller Centre" event and during her December 2014 Beacon Theatre residency called All I Want For Christmas Is You, A Night of Joy & Festivity.
Faria Bukhari is a Pakistani actress and model who made her Film Debut with 2016 Pakistani film Ishq Positive which was directed by Bukhari"s sister Noor Bukhari.
 Then She appears in the PTV Home's Soap Drama Yaad Teri Aanay Lagi.
 Prior to starting her acting career, she did her studies in Accountancy, while she had appeared as a Child star in movies like Phool, Jo Dar Gaya Woh Mar Gaya & Zamana, winning Nigar & National Awards as a child star.
 Faria is the cousin of filmstar Sana Nawaz & is currently in the process of starting her second movie slated for filming in December 2016.
Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress, model and former child star.
 She was initially a child model and gained critical acclaim at age 12 for her leading role in Louis Malle's film "Pretty Baby" (1978), in which she played a child prostitute in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century.
 The role garnered Shields widespread notoriety, and she continued to model into her late teenage years and starred in several dramas in the 1980s, including "The Blue Lagoon" (1980), and Franco Zeffirelli's "Endless Love" (1981).
"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" is a Christmas novelty song written by John Rox (1902–1957) and performed by Gayla Peevey (10 years old at the time) in 1953.
 The song peaked at number 24 on "Billboard" magazine's pop chart in December 1953.
Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story is a made for television movie about the early life of Hollywood child star, Shirley Temple.
June Preston (born December 29, 1928 Glendale, California) is an American former Hollywood child star who went on to become a world famous Opera singer debuting with The Metropolitan Opera "Stars of the Metropolitan Opera" opposite Jan Peerce in 1952.
 She made her screen debut at age 4 at the RKO film studio as Mrs. Blewett's Daughter in "Anne of Green Gables", and went on to do many other movies such as "Christmas in July", "Second Chorus", "The Strawberry Blonde", "Maytime", and starring in many "Our Gang" comedies.
Grethe Kausland (July 3, 1947 in Horten – November 16, 2007) was a Norwegian singer, performer and actress.
 As a child star she was one of Norway's most popular singers (her debut single “Teddyen min” from 1955, sold more than 100 000 records), and she participated in several films as a child.
 She represented Norway in the European Song Contest 1972 singing Småting with Benny Borg.
 From 1973 she performed regularly with the entertaining group Dizzie Tunes.
 Awarded "Spellemannprisen" 1978 for the album "A Taste of Grethe Kausland", and "Leonardstatuetten" 1991 for her achievements on the revue scene.