‘IT’S TIME!!!': Mariah Carey announces on X that it is officially the holiday season, now that she's thawed fans react with memes

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Nov 10, 2026 2:00 PM EST

Is it the holiday season already? What determines the start of the holiday season? Is it just once Halloween is over? Or do we have to get closer to Thanksgiving? Or should it start after Thanksgiving? It's different for everyone.

We can't count on the stores to tell us when to start celebrating Christmas time, because they start selling holiday stuff in October, which is just not fair to the spooky season folks. So who can we count on to guide us into the holiday season?

Cue Mariah Carey. That's right, this pop diva comes back every year to become the holiday queen. And it all started with a little ditty that came out in 1994, called "All I Want for Christmas Is You." 

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  • Now, don't be mistaken; Mariah Carey was famous before the Christmas song was released. She's a legendary pop diva through and through. Her 2005 hit, “We Belong Together” still rings through my ears when I'm feeling sentimental. And I can remember the entire music video for it, because it was always playing on the music video channel after school.

    Do the kids now even know that, or do they just know her as the holiday queen?

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    12:00:00AM
    via @MariahCarey

  • Carey tweeted on November 1st that it is time; the holiday season has begun. That's exciting news for festive folks! She paired it with a deep-cut reference to her brief stint in a goth/punk band in her early musical career called Chick. The video she tweeted starts with her singing in a punk band, with Halloween-esque characters in the crowd. Then, the clock strikes midnight, and she turns into her Christmas queen self, in a red dress with a snowy background.

    The tweet has fans excited for Mariah Carey to be back in the minds of pop culture fans, and for festive friends to start decorating and celebrating. But for us, and many other chronically online people, we are most excited about the Mariah Carey memes to come back into circulation.

    New and old, Mariah Carey is a pop diva, holiday leader, and meme queen!

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    The Dutch Doge Guy @070guy. mariah carey from november 1st to january 1st
    via @070guy
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    CHELS. @chelszzn⚫ The queen of Christmas is done defrosting
    via @chelszzn
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    WAVES @hereinthegheto⚫ She has an infinite money glitch with this song Q
    via @hereinthegheto

  • The charts don't lie; they show the tremendous spike in Carey's popularity during this time of year. And anyone who has worked in retail knows her Christmas song is played on repeat until post-December 25th. It is even said that this time of year is when she starts to make millions again. People Magazine says she makes around $3 million every year just because it truly has become the Christmas time anthem. 

    So what do you think? Does this song need to go to rest? Do we need a new Christmas legend? Or has Mariah Carey become part of the holiday tradition? Either way, we're here for the memes!

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    Saulidge @Saulidge.
    via @Saulidge
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    ZE ADER sebaxxxsss @Sebaxk1. USVEGU EAST Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is you" October 31st ThiccLikeAMemeshake
    via @Sebaxk1
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    LeXXXI @LexiOrtizz⚫ Mariah Carey every season. MONEY calling C II GIF Decline Accept
    via @LexiOrtizz
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    SKYWTF⭑ @SKWTFFF Nov 1
    via @SKWTFFF
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    In a parallel universe, Mariah Carey is doing her shopping and is sick of hearing me on every store's speaker system. wwwwww
    via tiffsghosttalk
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    It's November, now the true horror begins
    via memeversary
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    She's here!
    via totallyawesome80s
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    Just because Halloween is over doesn't mean you can start singing Christmas songs
    via daniellefrankenstein04
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    mariah carey all i want for christmas Search term + Compare United States 2004-present All categories Web Search Interest over time " 50 25 Jan 1, 2004 Oct 1, 2012 94 L M asiah HERE IT COMES
    via ratingthememe
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    Mariah Carey beginning with "I don't want a lot for Christmas" and then revealing she wants "you" is such a good subtle burn
    via vidakush
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    *All I Want for Christmas is You was made in 1994* Mall employees in 1993: [visible happiness]
    via penguin_explains
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    Me holding off Mariah Carey for as long as possible
    via onenerdtorulethem_all
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    ME:EXCITED ABOUT THANKSGIVING AHHHHH! MARIAH CAREY IT'S T|||||||||||ME!
    via livestormchaser
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    passive income final boss MTV >> @MTV Nobody: @MariahCarey bank account every December: ZDAK Account balance $102,250,540.00 Mariah Carey @Mariah Carey Replying to @MTV Turn that 1 into a 5 then you got it ☺ ***
    via freakshaggy
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    October: *ends* Mariah Carey: HANDO THE MEME I am inevitable.
    via hotvocalstoday
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    Evil... ...doesn't end... ...it just... ...changes shape.
    via screengeekofficial
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    Retail workers once Mariah Carey starts singing
    via dougtownson2025
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    Should've made Christmas songs instead of being 10 back then. The LantFlag
    via memezar
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    Me arriving at work to hear her song on repeat for 8 hours while she makes $3M
    via memezar
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    Me in the studio trying to make a christmas song that will bag me $3 million yearly
    via memezar
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    : NASA has captured stunning pictures of NGC 2264, an open cluster of stars that resembles a giant Christmas tree. travelvlife on insta @Travel3ypk Even the universe knows it's time to thaw out Mariah Carey.
    via @Travel3ypk

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