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Weekly survey: Is the world finally done with Mariah Carey and “All I Want for Christmas is You?”

After a couple of decades dominating the Christmas charts, the world might finally be done with Mariah Carey and “All I Want for Christmas as You.” The impossibly chirpy (and incredibly profitable) song is being out-streamed in 2022 by Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” which came out in 1958. Yes, “All I Want” is still doing well, but there are signs of the public burning out on what’s become a cultural phenomenon.

Is it time for the self-appointed Queen of Christmas to give up her tiara? Is the world done?

Alan Cross

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One thought on “Weekly survey: Is the world finally done with Mariah Carey and “All I Want for Christmas is You?”

  • As long as it keeps Paul McCartney’s Wonderful Christmastime away from my ears, I’m all for Mariah or Brenda or whoever.

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