Mariah Carey teases back at bar claiming to ban ‘All I Want For Christmas’
According to a social media post, a bar in Texas has taken a stand against the Christmas song “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” angering fans of the song and drawing a response from singer Mariah Carey.
Here are some memorable photos of singer Mariah Carey through the years.
1990: Actor Patrick Swayze and singer Mariah Carey share the set of NBC-TV’s "Saturday Night Live" during rehearsal Thursday, Oct. 25, 1990, in New York, in Midtown Manhattan for the broadcast which will feature Swayze as guest host.
1991: Mariah Carey holds her Grammy awards backstage at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Feb. 20, 1991. She won Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.
1993: Award winning singer Mariah Carey leaves St. Thomas Episcopal Church in New York on Saturday, June 5, 1993, following her wedding to Sony Music President Thomas Mottola.
1994: Mariah Carey performs a benefit for the Fresh Air Fund at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York on Thursday, Dec. 8, 1994.
1997: Mariah Carey attends the 1997 MTV Video Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
1998: In this Sept. 10, 1998 file photo, Mariah Carey, left, and Whitney Houston present the award for Best Male Video during the MTV Video Music Awards, in Universal City, Calif.
1999: Mariah Carey arrives at the Essence Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York on April 30, 1999.
2001: Singer Mariah Carey performing onstage on a Swarovski crystal-encrusted motorcycle at the 2001 VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on October 19, 2001.
2002: Singer Mariah Carey performs with Santa Claus on stage during KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball Concert at the Arrowhead Pond on December 19, 2002, in Anaheim, California.
2003: Singer Mariah Carey performs on stage at the halftime celebration during the 2003 NBA All-Star game at Phillips Arena on February 9, 2003, in Atlanta.
2004: Singer Mariah Carey arrives at her Halloween party at Cain on October 31, 2004, in New York City.
2005: Mariah Carey and Jermaine Dupri perform onstage during a taping for the VH1 Save the Music Foundation benefit concert at the Beacon Theater on April 9, 2005, in New York City.
2006: Singer Mariah Carey poses with her Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best Contemporary R&B Album and Best R&B Song awards in the press room at the 48th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 8, 2006, in Los Angeles.
2007: Singer Mariah Carey appears onstage during BET’s 106 & Park at BET Studios October 22, 2007, in New York City.
2008: Singer Mariah Carey performs at Babylon Court at Hollywood and Highland on July 31, 2008, in Hollywood, California.
2009: Actress/singer Mariah Carey and actor Nick Cannon arrive at the screening of "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire" during AFI FEST 2009 held at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on November 1, 2009, in Hollywood, California.
2010: Singer/actress Mariah Carey arrives at the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 17, 2010, in Beverly Hills, California.
2011: Recording artist Mariah Carey poses at a press conference to announce that she is the new Jenny Craig Brand Ambassador at Four Seasons Hotel New York on November 9, 2011, in New York City.
2012: Mariah Carey and her husband Nick Cannon during their wedding vows renewal ceremony photo call on April 27, 2012, in Paris.
2013: "American Idol" judges Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson and Nicki Minaj are seen onstage during Fox’s "American Idol 2013" Finale Results Show at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on May 16, 2013, in Los Angeles.
2014: Singer-actress Mariah Carey and TV personality Nick Cannon attend the 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 18, 2014, in Los Angeles.
2015: Singer Mariah Carey is honored with Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 5, 2015, in Hollywood, California.
2016: Singer Mariah Carey performs on stage during the 2016 Essence Festival presented by Coca-Cola at the Louisiana Superdome on July 2, 2016, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
2017: TV personality Nick Cannon, Moroccan Scott Cannon, singer Mariah Carey and Monroe Cannon at Nickelodeon’s 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards at USC Galen Center on March 11, 2017, in Los Angeles.
2018: Mariah Carey performs onstage during the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018, in Los Angeles.
2019: Mariah Carey attends Heidi Klum’s 20th annual Halloween Party presented by Amazon Prime Video and Svedka Vodka at Cathédrale New York on October 31, 2019, in New York City.
2020: Mariah Carey attends the premiere of Tyler Perry’s "A Fall From Grace" at Metrograph on January 13, 2020, in New York City.
Mariah Carey performs onstage during Global Citizen Festival 2022: New York at Central Park on September 24, 2022 in New York City.
Columnist and critic Kyle Smith tweeted a photo that purportedly shows a warning taped to a jukebox in Dallas saying that if you try to play the song before Dec. 1, the jukebox will skip your selection.
The note goes on to say that after Dec. 1, the song that speaks of the singer’s desire to be reunited with her significant other, will be tolerated only once an evening.
According to Smith’s tweet, the sign appeared next to a “Dallas jukebox” in a bar that he did not name.
The post has seen more than 51,000 “likes.”
Carey retweeted a post that referenced Smith’s tweet that said, “Is this the war on Christmas I’ve heard about?” Carey added a photo of herself dressed in armor on a battlefield.
What has become a holiday classic, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was first released on Oct. 29, 1994. It holds the Guinness World Record for highest-charting holiday song on the Hot 100 by a solo artist.
The YouTube video of the song has more than 697 million views, and the track was the most streamed track on Spotify in 24 hours in both 2018 and 2019. It was streamed more than 10 million times on Dec. 25, 2018 and 12 million times on Dec. 25, 2019.
The song was written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff in about 15 minutes, according to Afanasieff.
