Mariah Carey officially starts the Christmas countdown with amazing video 🎄

We're counting down the days!

Author: Anna Sky MagliolaPublished 1st Nov 2024
Last updated 1st Nov 2024

With Halloween out of the way, the next big festival to look forward to is Christmas, and of course we'll be getting in the mood soon with it all of the Christmas songs on Greatest Hits Radio. Queen of Christmas, Mariah Carey has now 'officially' started the countdown to Christmas, after showing off some very impressive Halloween fancy dress costumes.

The singer, whose song 'All I Want For Christmas Is You', became a huge hit when it was released in 1994, and continues to be belted out each Christmas season, has now shared a video of transitioning from Halloween to Christmas, starting the countdown to the big day.

Posting the video on Instagram, Mariah wrote: 'IT’S TIME!!!! ⏱️🎉🎄'.

The black and white eerie video shows Mariah doing the Tango dressed as Morticia Addams, before her wardrobe opens to display a Santa suit. The video then turns to colour as Mariah sits in a sleigh, with her iconic 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' playing out.

Fans were quick to comment on the video expressing their excitement for Christmas. One wrote: 'It’s tiiiiimeeeeeee ❤️❤️❤️', with another writing: 'A little masterpiece ❤️🎄😍'. A third wrote: 'Omg this is so good!!! 🎄'.

Mariah Carey is known for a number of hit songs, such as 'Hero', 'Honey' and 'Fantasy'. In recent years Mariah has also teamed up with the likes of Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson on 'Oh Santa!', and her song 'Fantasy' was sampled on Latto's 'Big Energy' (remix) in 2022, turning it into a huge hit once again.

QUIZ: Guess the Christmas song from the iconic lyrics

Lyrics...

Guess the song from these lyrics, and then scroll down for the answers:


1) "This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special."


2) "Let the Christmas spirit ring, later we'll have some pumpkin pie."


3) "Santa Claus won't make me happy with a toy on Christmas Day."


4) "You know that sweet Santa Clause is on the way."


5) "Feed the world."


6) "I've got 5 more nights until you're next to me, 4 more days of being lonely."


7) "So this is Xmas and what have you done."


8) "Look to the future now, It's only just begun."


9) "You were handsome, you were pretty, Queen of New York City."


10) "Eat, drink and be merry, come along with me."


11) "Baby if you've got to go away, don't think I could take the pain."


12) "Soon the bells will start and the thing that'll make 'em ring is the carol that you sing."


13) "I sing this song to pass the time away, driving in my car."


14) "Snow is falling all around me."

1) Wham! - 'Last Christmas'


2) Brenda Lee - 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree'


3) Mariah Carey - 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'


4) Wizzard - 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday'


5) Band Aid 30 - 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'


6) Leona Lewis - 'One More Sleep'


7) John Lennon and Yoko Ono - 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'


8) Slade - 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday'


9) The Pogues - 'Fairytale of New York''


10) Elton John - 'Step Into Christmas'


11) East 17 - 'Stay Another Day'


12) Michael Bublé - 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas'


13) Chris Rea - 'Driving Home For Christmas'


14) Shakin' Stevens - 'Merry Christmas Everyone'


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