Mariah Carey takes Christmas very seriously and revealed in a new interview what happens once she’s entered “holiday mode.”
Speaking with USA Today, the self-professed Queen of Christmas declared, “When I’m not on stage and I’m in holiday mode, there are rules that I set … I don’t care who it is – the kids, if I have guests, whatever – nobody is allowed to play or watch anything other than a Christmas-related thing.”
That rule cannot be broken. Added Mariah, “If I wake up in the middle of the night and walk into the living room, and the music isn’t playing and the lights aren’t on, I just can’t handle it.”
Just in time for the holidays, Mariah’s first children’s book, The Christmas Princess, has been released.
The singer describes the book’s main character, named Little Mariah, as a “mixed-race Pippi Longstocking” who uses music to help her cope with sadness.
As for what inspired her to write such a story, Mariah said, “The constant question was, ‘What are you?’ Not ‘who are you?’ but ‘what are you?’ … It made me feel like a thing — it did not make me feel like a human being. That was mainly the reason I wrote [my memoir]: to emancipate my little girl self. And she’s never really left me.”
She said she hopes this new book inspires “all the people who have ever felt othered.” Added Mariah, “It’s a short little book, but it really does have a deeper meaning.”
Mariah has dedicated the book to her younger self and begins the book with this letter: “No matter what things look like now, you are worthy and deserving of all the attention, love, protection, care, conditioner, and fancy dresses in the whole wide world.”
Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
Related Posts
Avril Lavigne says she’ll reclaim “Breakaway,” cover Green Day during new Greatest Hits tour
May 15, 2024
Nathan JamesAvril Lavigne kicks off her Greatest Hits tour on May 22, and she's adding a few things…
Netflix confirms Adam Sandler’s ‘Happy Gilmore’ sequel
May 15, 2024
Universal/Getty ImagesAlthough his pal and 50 First Dates co-star Drew Barrymore told fans in April…
Emmy-winning actor is “thankful” Taylor Swift mentioned this person on her album
May 15, 2024
Beth GarrabrantIf artists mentioned on Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department can experience…
Netflix’s animated ‘Terminator Zero’ coming out on Judgement Day: August 29
May 15, 2024
NetflixNetflix has chosen a very appropriate date to drop its animated series Terminator Zero —…
Kevin Costner “doesn’t want to get down in the gutter” with ‘Yellowstone’ rumors, insists show was his “priority”
May 15, 2024
Paramount NetworkIn a chat with Deadline at the Cannes International Film Festival, where the first…
See Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo as Glinda and Elphaba in new trailer for ‘Wicked’
May 15, 2024
© Universal Studios. All Rights ReservedA new trailer for the movie version of Wicked has…
Ryan Seacrest says Katy Perry’s final ‘American Idol’ episode will be “celebratory”
May 15, 2024
Disney/Eric McCandlessMay 19 isn't just the American Idol finale — it's also judge Katy Perry's…
‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’ again: Travelogue show renewed for a second season
May 15, 2024
Conaco/MaxConan O'Brien better pack his bags. Not only was his hit travelogue comedy series Conan…