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Mariah Carey defrosts herself as she 'officially' starts the Christmas countdown 🎄

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Mariah Carey

Author: Anna Sky MagliolaPublished 1st Nov 2023
Last updated 1st Nov 2023

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 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 herself breaking out from an ice block, starting the countdown to the big day.

Posting the video on Instagram, Mariah wrote: 'It’s…… TIME!!! 🎃🧊🎄 #MariahSZN', as the video shows the singer encased in a block of ice, as people dressed in black wearing masks, try to melt the ice with hairdryers.

Eventually, Mariah breaks out, screaming, "It's time!". The video then cuts to Mariah, wearing a Christmas outfit, surrounded by others dressed in festive gear, as her iconic song plays in the background.

Since sharing the video, fans have been left very excited for the run up to Christmas, with one writing: 'November 1st should be a public holiday at this point in honour of Mariah's annual announcement', with another writing: 'The joy this brings me every year 😍 I love you Mariah!!!!'

Another wrote: 'We look forward to this every year. 🎄'

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."