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