Mariah Carey officially kicked off the holiday season Thursday at the close of the traditional Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The diva – in a magnificent magenta mermaid dress – sang her anthem, umbrella in hand All I want for Christmas is youat the foot of the giant turkey installed at the entrance to the New York store.
As dancers dressed as nutcrackers surrounded her, her 11-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe emerged near the end of the song from two huge gift boxes positioned behind the singer.
This performance allowed Mariah Carey to make a dream come true. “My childhood dream comes to life! I will be opening for the one and only Santa,” she wrote on Instagram in the morning.
Big Time Rush, Sean Paul, Paula Abdul, Jordin Sparks, Dionne Warwick, Betty Who and Fitz and the Tantrums also took to the stage during the televised event, the US magazine reported. Rolling stone.
For the holiday season, the American singer will perform, among others, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and Madison Square Garden in New York.
The annual Thanksgiving Parade kicked off Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m. and paraded approximately 2.5 miles through the streets of the Big Apple. This tradition has continued since 1924.
