Mariah Carey’s Kids Joke on ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’
Mary Carey may be the Queen of Christmas, but that doesn’t mean her kids don’t get tired of hearing her iconic Christmas songs.
The singer, 54, took over Instagram on Sunday, December 24, to share a video of her twins, Monroe and Moroccan, making fun of her hit song “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
In the clip, Monroe and Moroccan, 12, asked if they should be with Carey “every time” she performed the classic holiday song.
“It’s just festive. It’s not every…,” Carey replied before bursting into song, causing her children to disappear from view. She captioned the staged video: “I had to do it. Merry Christmas Eve!! 🎄❤️🎄❤️.”
Carey’s reign as the “Queen of Christmas” initially began in 1994 after “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was released as a single from her first holiday album, Merry christmas. Carey has since discussed what her children know about her career, as her music remains a seasonal staple.
“They are aware of the success, the records and this new diamond certification. They see these things and they see it on a list of songs from, for example, the most current artists. Then they see it at No. 1 and they’re like, ‘What in the world,'” she said during an exclusive interview with We weekly in December 2021 before joking, “Because of course everyone knows I wasn’t born. I was just here, here I am. And I’m not even a real person. I’m just an animated character.”
While discussing her approach to parenting, Carey shared Us“I’ll have to quote Mean girls and say, ‘I’m not an ordinary mother. I’m a cool mom.’ There are no rules in this house.”
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She added: “No, there are rules in this house, that’s the difference. That’s how I want to be. I don’t like being the bad guy, I have to say. I really don’t hate it, I hate that more than anything. So, you know, I kind of want to say, “I’m not really a mom, I’m a cool mom.” But you’re never a cool mom, you just never are.”
Carey also talked about her efforts to make the holidays special while keeping her children informed about their blessings.
Mariah Carey takes the stage with Moroccan Cannon (L) and Monroe Cannon (R) during her “Merry Christmas To All!” at Madison Square Garden on December 13, 2022 in New York City.
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for MC“Everything is exaggerated, but you know what? I feel like I want them to know that that’s a big deal, that not everyone has that,” she explained. “But I also didn’t grow up with…sometimes it was a wrapped orange that I got. So it’s like I didn’t grow up with all the gifts in the country. I love making their vacation great.”
The performer became a mother when she welcomed Monroe and Moroccan in 2011 with her now ex-husband Nick Cannon. Carey and Cannon, 43, called it quits in 2014 after six years of marriage. They finalized their divorce two years later and remained focused on co-parenting their children.
“She’s got a high frequency, man. She always asks me, ‘Are you okay? You good? Everthing okay? Are you handling it all?’” Cannon opened up on “The Jason Lee Show” podcast in May while sharing Carey’s reaction to having multiple children with six different women since their divorce. “She says, ‘As long as you don’t bring any of those bulls to Carey’s mansion.’ Like, she lives in her own world, nothing can infiltrate that stuff. When we talk daily, she just controls my mind.