Mariah Carey Responds to Bar That Bans ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’

Author Laila Abuelhawa

November 3rd, 2021 10:41 AM

The Christmas queen Mariah Carey has spoken… but by announcing the day after Halloween that the holiday season has begun, she may have lured a few critics.

If you live on earth, you should expect to hear her holiday “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” often, from now through December 25. But some people aren’t quite ready to hear the classic jam over and over. We saw that play out on Twitter, where a bar in Dallas, Texas stated very specific rules in regard to the song: “Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ WILL BE SKIPPED IF PLAYED BEFORE DEC 1. After Dec 1 the song is only allowed one time a night.”

The viral photo of the bar’s sign went even more viral after another Twitter user reposted it with the caption: “is this the war on Christmas I’ve heard about?” This version of the post made its way to Carey, 52, who hilariously posted a still from her Game of War ad.

As for the Dallas bar that started this, the general manager told CNN that she doesn’t “hate Mariah Carey and I don’t hate Christmas,” but that Carey’s song always gets played a bit too frequently, driving the staff bonkers. And the sign, which she said was intended to be lighthearted, had been put up in the bar for the last few years.

But she, and her staff, may want to avoid Carey on social media. On November 1, the singer posted a video of herself in her most sparkly holiday garb smashing jack-o’-lanterns that read: “IT’S NOT TIME” with a candy cane bat to let the masses know it is time to get in the holiday spirit.

She was promoting a new holiday song, “Fall in Love at Christmas” with Khalid and Kirk Franklin, out this Friday.

GALLERY: Mariah Carey’s Best 10 Songs Ranked

• 10. “Obsessed”

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  This heavily autotuned diss track was written in response to Eminem’s claims that Carey had dated him.

• 9. “Don’t Forget About Us”

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  From her 2005 album 'The Emancipation of Mimi,' produced by Jermaine Dupri. Lyrically, the song deals with the emotions that are sometimes felt after the loss of their relationship. Carey explained that the true meaning of the song is left to be interpreted by the listener.

• 8. “Touch My Body”

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  From Carey's eleventh studio album 'E=MC2,' released in 2008. The song broke the record for the highest opening week download tallies in US chart history.
• 7. “Get Your Number”

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  Featuring Jermaine Dupri includes a pop and R&B mashup, with an '80s synth influence. The song is built around a sample of 1982's "Just An Illusion" by Imagination.

• 6. “Always Be My Baby”

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  From her 1995 album 'Daydream,' had us at "doo-doo-doo-dow." Also produced by Jermaine Dupri, the ballad's lyrics describe the sense of attachment Carey still feels towards her former lover. When asked about his experience of working with the singer, Dupri said: “She can pretty much do anything with her voice.”

• 5. “Shake It Off”

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  For the music video, Carey had to be carried around set because she couldn't walk in her ultra-high heels. Even though they were making her feet bleed, she refused the director's offer to trade them for comfortable slippers because she insisted she couldn't wear flat shoes. "My feet repel them," she laughed.
• 4. “Hero”

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  This inspirational ballad was made for the 1992 Dustin Hoffman film of the same name.

• 3. “Emotions”

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  Musically, “Emotions” borrows heavily from Seventies disco to create a winning formula that went on to win her another number one in the US. Carey's vocal range spans more than four octaves on the track, one of the highest notes produced by a human voice in the history of recorded music.

• 2. “All I Want For Christmas”

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  Christmas means hearing this song everywhere you go. The song sold more than 16 million copies worldwide.
• 1. “We Belong Together”

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  This was Carey’s big comeback track after a few years out of the spotlight. She said of recording the ballad: “I had the chills. I had a great feeling about it when we finished writing the song, and I was flying back from Atlanta at some crazy hour of the morning... But we were listening to it on the plane ride on the way home, and even from the demo version, I really felt something very special.”

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