Diamonds really are a girl’s best friend.
Mariah Carey was featured on Friday, November 29 Fashion‘s YouTube series Serve now and shared some of her favorite holiday traditions while baking cookies.
At one point, the “Always Be My Baby” singer, 55, was asked about the best Christmas present she’s ever received.
“It was probably some diamonds, I should say,” she said with a smile, before adding that she “didn’t want to say that out loud.”
“But I had to,” she said.
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She also noted that the person who gifted her the diamonds “isn’t here.”
Elsewhere in the video, the Queen of Christmas revealed when she thought it would be a good time to listen to her Christmas hit ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’.
“I like to wait until at least November 1st. But for that I would always wait until Thanksgiving. It depends. Some people want to start a little earlier. Usually I wait until my video I’m doing is called ‘It’s Time’ and then we go from there .Just listen.”
Carey is currently traveling the country on her Christmas Time tour. During her November 8 show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, she brought out her 13-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe to lead an intermission performance.
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However, she officially announced the start of the Christmas season on November 1 when she released her annual “It’s Time” video with an Addam’s Family twist.
In the video, she channeled Morticia Addams as she appeared dressed in a glittering black dress, a diamond necklace from Kay Jewelers, dark makeup and a black wig. She danced with a man dressed as Gomez Addam before pushing him away, launching a knife at him (although she narrowly missed and punched the painting behind him instead) and smiled at the camera as a red holiday dress appeared and it date countdown began. .
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” started playing after Carey — who was sitting on a sleigh surrounded by presents — announced, “It’s time!”
Then her male costar turned into an animated snowman and the words “It’s Time!” flashed on the screen above a castle, as Carey winked and blew a kiss at the camera.
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Carey has created an entire brand under the Christmas umbrella since she released her first holiday album 30 years ago. She also released the 2010 album Merry Christmas II You and two children’s books.
This year, Carey is also teaming up with Virgin Hotels to create ‘All I Want for Christmas’ themed bars across the country, just in time for the 30th anniversary of her iconic song. She also launched an Amazon store full of holiday decorations, gift ideas and merchandise for her Christmas Time Tour.
