--- title: Mariah Carey Sings 'All I Want for Christmas' at Disneyland description: Mariah Carey helped kick off the holidays at Disneyland with a performance of her penultimate song, "All I Want for Christmas." canonical: https://time.com/4574821/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-disneyland/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-17T16:41:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:46.252Z og:title: Mariah Carey Is Already Singing 'All I Want for Christmas' og:description: There was no shortage of glitter or holiday cheer og:url: https://time.com/4574821/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-disneyland/ 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: Mariah Carey Is Already Singing 'All I Want for Christmas' twitter:description: There was no shortage of glitter or holiday cheer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Mariah Carey Already Performed 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' to Spread Holiday Cheer > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 17, 2016 4:41 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 17, 2016 4:41 PM UTC [Diva extraordinaire](http://time.com/4338834/mariah-carey-wedding-singing/), [shade queen](http://time.com/4340106/mariah-carey-jennifer-lopez-nicki-minaj/), and official winter holiday ambassador Mariah Carey has been especially benevolent to her lambs this year — between [an upcoming (and predictably dramatic) “docu-series” _Mariah’s World_](http://time.com/4337905/mariah-carey-mariahs-world-trailer/) and a [glitter-encrusted holiday collection with MAC Cosmetics](http://time.com/4571979/mariah-carey-mac/), there’s been no shortage of the access to the elusive chanteuse. However, MC decided to bless the Lambily even more magnaminously by kicking off the holiday season in what might be the most Mariah way possible — with a very shiny, very festive performance of [her penultimate Christmas anthem, “All I Want for Christmas”](http://time.com/4556886/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-spiking/) in front of a Christmas-light bedazzled “It’s a Small World” ride at Disneyland. The performance has all the tenets of a truly fabulous Mariah Carey production: festive dancers, angelic vocals, and no shortage of glitter, glitz, and glamour. 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