--- title: Christmas Tree Costume Girl Goes Viral description: A girl went viral for committing to wear a Christmas tree costume every single day for the rest of the semester. canonical: https://time.com/5049685/christmas-tree-costume-viral/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-05T15:32:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:26.042Z og:title: Viral Girl in a Christmas Tree Costume Is Your Holiday Hero og:description: Now she has to wear it every day for the rest of the semester og:url: https://time.com/5049685/christmas-tree-costume-viral/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Viral Girl in a Christmas Tree Costume Is Your Holiday Hero twitter:description: Now she has to wear it every day for the rest of the semester twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Viral Student Wearing a Christmas Tree Costume Is the True MVP of the Holiday Season > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ## Video: Mariah Carey's Reaction To Being Labeled As The 'Queen Of Christmas' Might Surprise You [Watch (HLS stream): Mariah Carey's Reaction To Being Labeled As The 'Queen Of Christmas' Might Surprise You](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9J4wPFLI.m3u8) (2:29)  _Published 2017-12-05. The Grammy-winning artist also shares her holiday traditions and the one Christmas trend she doesn't follow_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Dec 5, 2017 3:32 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Dec 5, 2017 3:32 PM UTC Each December, people everywhere wear their [holiday finest to spread some cheer](http://time.com/5039751/viral-christmas-card-emily/). But only one person may achieve [viral fame](http://time.com/4604304/holiday-viral-videos-2016/) for wearing the same Christmas tree costume every day, putting the occasional ugly Christmas sweater wearer to shame. Kelsey Hall, a 20-year-old University of Alabama student with a seasonal sense of humor, shared a photo of herself wearing festive star-topped tree costume and a top notch expression on Saturday. Along with the photo, she bravely tweeted “1,000 retweets and I’ll wear this to all my classes for the rest of the semester.” She didn’t know what she was in for. She got 16,000 since. But she quickly regretted the [self-imposed challenge](http://time.com/4740193/ellen-retweet-record-wendys-nuggets/), making it very clear to her new fans that she’s not happy she signed up for this. > [](https://twitter.com/kelseyhall1313/status/937153905825320960) > [](https://twitter.com/kelseyhall1313/status/937517564653076480) > [](https://twitter.com/kelseyhall1313/status/937488355977252864) Nevertheless, she persisted. > [](https://twitter.com/lucetheguce/status/937714758756786176) Everyone’s counting on her to power through. > [](https://twitter.com/ShwayNotScheu/status/937535303845404673) > [](https://twitter.com/kelseyhall1313/status/937721251891761152) One tweet can move mountains. For example, it was the highlight of one person’s whole life. > [](https://twitter.com/kelseyhall1313/status/937721251891761152) She became a local celebrity. > [](https://twitter.com/C%5FMil11/status/937764156761104385) > [](https://twitter.com/Simple%5FShak/status/937786073714954240) Fully embrace her journey by following her below. > [](https://twitter.com/kelseyhall1313/status/937785360154877952) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Come on guys, sing it. Sing it everybody! No one else is singing, alright. Mariah Carey's " All I Want For Christmas is You" has dominated the holiday charts for years, and now the pop star is bringing her talents to the big screen with the new animated film under the same name. Mariah's " All I Want For Christmas is You" features little Mariah as she chases her ultimate holiday wish of adopting a puppy. Of course. We had to grant a Christmas wish of our own and ask a super star if she still listens to her classic Christmas hit. I listen to the song with. I mean I try not to listen to the song until Christmas. I perform the song. But as far as just sitting around and listening to it I try to wait until it's The Christmas season. [ MUSIC ] And I listened to a lot of other artists and their Christmas songs as well. I just put them on the playlist and keep playing Christmas music until After Christmas and then everybody is like okay ready, like you can stop now. No! No, no no, never stop Mariah. And with such an iconic voice around the holiday season the popstar's six year old twins, Rocco and Monroe, must know their mom is pretty much the Queen of Christmas, right? I don't accept that name because I feel like it's, I don't know who gave that to me but that's too much I humbly Thank them and I do have an extraordinary love for the holiday season and it is the best time of the year. All year long I just wait and look forward to cooking and just decorating my Christmas trees. It's real. And I have a few different Christmas trees and we decorate some of them. And some of them there's a lady that helps us with that. And then there's one that the kids and I do together and my extended family and friends. And we just we all enjoy ourselves. And I do cook in the kitchen as well when I have the time. Hey girl, you go, Mariah, from the trees to the food, it sounds like the perfect Christmas although it's clear the singer looks forward to many holiday traditions, wearing an ugly sweater, well that does not make the nice list. I do not. Everybody likes to do that Christmas sweater and I just create my own ensembles. 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