The “All I Want For Christmas Is You” singer marked the official start of the holiday season with her iconic yearly announcement, this year collaborating with Eichner in an ad for Sephora.<\/h2>\n
The Queen of Christmas, Mariah Carey<\/strong><\/a>, is here to kick off the holiday season once again!<\/p>\n At midnight on Halloween on Friday, the 56-year-old singer shared her annual “It’s Time” video on social media, this year teaming up with Billy Eichner<\/strong><\/a> and Sephora, as she marked the start of the holiday season, in which her 1994 Christmas hit, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” will undoubtedly dominate the charts once again.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Mariah Carey Asked What Ignited Eminem Feud, Addresses J.Lo Shade & Nick Cannon – Click image for related story<\/p>\n For this year’s “It’s Time” video, Carey — who can seen wearing a angel Halloween costume — declares, “Halloween slayed!”<\/p>\n “But now, it’s time,” she adds, beginning to sing as the first few notes of “All I Want For Christmas Is You” start to play.<\/p>\n She then abruptly stops once she notices her vanity, revealing that her Sephora bag has bene knocked over and items are missing.<\/p>\n “Spill the tea, who\u2019s the thief?” Carey asks, before Eichner — who is dressed as an elf and carry Sephora bags and a Santa bag — confesses, “Busted!”<\/p>\n “Bad news, Mariah Carey, the elves are striking this year,” he adds. Elf revenge for putting us through holiday hell! Santa’s helper quit, and I\u2019m pawning all this so I can afford elf therapy.”<\/p>\n “That’s my blush, elf boy,” Carey hits back, calling him out.<\/p>\n Eichner holds up a Sephora gift bag, gloating, “Your lipstick, I\u2019m taking it!” He adds, “Christmas is canceled. No bells, no cheer, no glam. Bye sweetie!”<\/p>\n Carey argues that you “can’t cancel Christmas,” with Eichner asking if she has “any last words” before he leaves with his loot.<\/p>\n “Yeah,” Carey replies, before she then belts out her whistle-noted line, “It’s time!”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Mariah Carey Had an Interesting Response When Asked About Coparenting with Nick Cannon – Click image for related story<\/p>\n “All I Want For Christmas Is You” begins to play, with Carey transforming Eichner into a snowman, and her angel costume into a sparkly, red Santa suit. She then rides a reindeer-pulled sleigh as she drops off Sephora gift bags into chimneys.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s Time!!!\ud83c\udf84\ud83c\udf81 #SephoraPartner,” Carey captioned the video.<\/p>\n Eichner commented on the clip on Instagram, writing, “Always an honor to be your elf, @mariahcarey! \u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\udf84.”<\/p>\n Carey has continued her annual tradition of kicking off the holiday season at midnight on Halloween since 2018, sharing an “It’s Time” video every year since.<\/p>\n Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” — which is one of the best-selling Christmas songs of all time — first hit the charts in 1994. However, it took the single 25 years before it reached its place at number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 list in 2019.<\/p>\n Last year, the holiday track remained at the top spot<\/strong><\/a> on the Hot 100 list for 18 weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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