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Mariah Carey Defrosted and Started the Christmas Season, 86.6M+ People Come Along

There’s no holiday season without Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” clip going around.

5 November 2026 3 min read

Mariah Carey Defrosted and Started the Christmas Season, 86.6M+ People Come Along

TL;DR

Trends
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You clip
Views
86.6M+ combined views from 5 listed videos in a day.
Why It Works
Years of fan ritual and events make Mariah Carey’s November 1st widely anticipated
Use It When
You want to ride the trend as well as start your Christmas content plan.

What is this trend about

Winter is coming; everything starts to freeze. But not Mariah Carey, tho. She’s defrosting and ready to start the Christmas season.

Views 2.4M Shares 31.8K Likes 350.2K

It seems like she has no plans to waste a single minute after the Halloween party, no?

Views 40.2M Shares 2.3M Likes 8.7M

Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You has become the fan ritual to start and celebrate the Christmas season for years, even tho the Christmas itself falls on December 25th.

Of course, no one’s ready to resist the festive!

M @m4r1ah_d3frosting
Views 4.3M Shares 26.1K Likes 429.8K

As you can see, fans created many videos as a tribute to this song to keep the tradition alive in many content formats.

They go from TikTok profile change countdown…

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