Is it the holiday season already? What determines the start of the holiday season? Is it just once Halloween is over? Or do we have to get closer to Thanksgiving? Or should it start after Thanksgiving? It’s different for everyone.

We can’t count on the stores to tell us when to start celebrating Christmas time, because they start selling holiday stuff in October, which is just not fair to the spooky season folks. So who can we count on to guide us into the holiday season?

Cue Mariah Carey. That’s right, this pop diva comes back every year to become the holiday queen. And it all started with a little ditty that came out in 1994, called «All I Want for Christmas Is You.»