by A.P.
“Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special” is here and it’s everything you dreamed it would be.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic and an overall horrible 2020, Carey managed to pull off the special, filled with elves, glitter, monogrammed ornaments, great lighting, and her sweet kids.
Carey first appears in her New York apartment, where stockings hang above the fireplace and there’s a Christmas tree that practically touches the ceiling. Dressed in sequined red knit pajamas, Carey encourages a young “Mimi” to hang a monogrammed gold butterfly ornament on the tree, but she’s too sad about 2020 to do it.
What to do when you’re Mariah Carey and children are sad? Sing, obviously.
Carey belts out “Sleigh Ride,” then gets a call on a sequined iPhone, hidden in a fake box of chocolates. Guess who? Santa’s number one elf, Billy Eichner, who tells Carey she must get to the North Pole to put on a show because the whole world is upset about the mess the year has been.