Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon will be celebrating their first Christmas together as newlyweds. All together now…”awwwwwwwwwwwwwww”. Ok, that’s enough.
Christmas is going to be REAL bright for Nicky Poo this year as you KNOW Mariah (who is a HUGE fan of Christmas) will be a spending fool come the start of the holiday season. Mariah recently sat down with Redbook magazine to dish about her favorite holiday, her holiday traditions, and how she plans to make Christmas one Nick will not forget.
Here are some of the highlights from the interview with the divalicious supa-star:
On What Her Plans Are For This Holiday Season:
“I’m usually working right up until Christmas, but no matter what’s going on, no matter where I am, whether it’s right after a tour or a video shoot somewhere, on December 21, I head to my house in Aspen and start celebrating.
“I have an extended group of friends and family from all over - as far as Sweden and the United Kingdom, even - and every year we gather in Aspen to make it the most festive Christmas ever.”
On Holiday Traditions When She Was Growing Up:
“My mother, now she was festive,” the singer says. “She always wanted Christmas to be exciting. We didn’t always have enough money for a lot of presents, but she’d wrap up whatever she could - even an orange - and say it was from the cat or something, just so I could have things to open.
“I think that when kids are little it’s really all about opening things; it doesn’t matter so much what they are. And my mother always made things very fun.”
On Spending The Holidays With Her New Hubby:
“In addition to everything I love about celebrating the holidays, it’s all going to be heightened because of Nick - in a really good way. I think he senses that Christmas is a big deal to me, so he’s sort of just going with the flow, so that’s cool.”
“I’m pretty sure his family and friends will be out there too. We have to figure out, but we’re gonna make it work.”
On What Her Christmas Eve Dinner Entails:
“Every Christmas Eve I make linguine and white clam sauce for everybody. They always ask: ‘Are you gonna make your clam sauce?’ I also make stuffed shells. It’s kind of random, because I’m not Italian, but the recipes were my father’s and he gave them to me before he passed away, so it’s become a tradition.”
What Mariah Does The Night Before Christmas:
“Before the kids go to bed, we leave out cookies and a note for Santa. The rest of us stay up really late that night and I usually end up wrapping presents until the sun comes up. My problem is, I do too much shopping out there because I never get a chance before that, so I’m sitting up all night wrapping. Then I sleep in Christmas Day, which kind of ruins Christmas morning for everybody.”
On Her Agenda For Christmas Day:
“Actually that’s the night we dress up for dinner. Last year, my pastor came and did a service for us and ate dinner with us. And when I say dress up, I mean I’m in a gown. I’ve got lots of vintage pieces and I wear either red or white and jewelry.”
What Mariah Does While Everyone Else Skiis:
“Usually, a couple of days before, while everyone else is skiing, I just sit around playing dress-up. I don’t know what that’s about - I mean who does that? But skiing means being cold and getting up really early - two things I’m not very good at.”
On Her Favorite Christmas Music:
“By the end of the week in Aspen everybody is ready to kill me, because from the minute we get there to the minute we leave, I have the Christmas music on. Usually it’s satellite radio, but we throw our favorites in there, like the James Brown Christmas album and the Jackson Five Christmas album.
“Oh, and I love the Chipmunks’ Christmas album. It’s such a throwback to childhood - just laughing and having a good time.”
On What She Wants For Christmas This Year:
“Honestly, I haven’t really thought about it,” she says. “I just want to have a really good time - a restful, enjoyable time. I want to be ecstatic and have the best Christmas ever. And I know that’s a really huge request right now. There’s so much going on in the world that’s pretty dismal, but I’ve always had that glass-half-full outlook. That’s how I am. And I really think it’ll be a memorable Christmas.”
Source: Redbook
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