# Mariah Carey's Christmas Time
**Mariah Carey's Christmas Time** (also spelled Christmastime) was the seventeenth concert tour by the American singer [Mariah Carey](https://www.edgepedia.org/mariah-carey), a 20-city holiday tour of the United States staged in late 2024 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her 1994 album *[Merry Christmas](https://www.edgepedia.org/merry-christmas-mariah-carey-album)* and its single "All I Want for Christmas Is You".[1](https://mariahcarey.fandom.com/wiki/Mariah_Carey%27s_Christmas_Time) • [2](https://ubsarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mariah-Carey-Localized-Announce.pdf)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Artist | Mariah Carey, called the "Queen of Christmas" and described by Live Nation as the best-selling female artist of all time with over 200 million records sold[2](https://ubsarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mariah-Carey-Localized-Announce.pdf) |
| Tour | Seventeenth concert tour; also spelled "Mariah Carey's Christmastime"[1](https://mariahcarey.fandom.com/wiki/Mariah_Carey%27s_Christmas_Time) |
| Scale | 20 cities across the United States, produced by Live Nation[2](https://ubsarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mariah-Carey-Localized-Announce.pdf) |
| Run | November 6, 2024 (Yaamava Theater, Highland, CA) through December 17, 2024 (Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY)[3](https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2024/08/02/mariah-carey-christmas-tour-philadelphia) |
| Occasion | 30th anniversary of *Merry Christmas* (1994) and "All I Want for Christmas Is You"[2](https://ubsarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mariah-Carey-Localized-Announce.pdf) |
| Set length | About 90 minutes, mostly holiday songs with a closing medley of pop hits[4](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/mariah-carey-philadelphia-christmas-tour-wells-fargo-review-20241204.html) |
## Announcement and occasion
Carey announced the tour in August 2024 through her social media channels, and press releases described it as her grandest holiday spectacle to date.[2](https://ubsarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mariah-Carey-Localized-Announce.pdf) The stated occasion was the 30th anniversary of *Merry Christmas*, her fourth album, released in 1994 while she was still in the midst of her initial chart-topping run, and of "All I Want for Christmas Is You," which she wrote with [Walter Afanasieff](https://www.edgepedia.org/walter-afanasieff).[2](https://ubsarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mariah-Carey-Localized-Announce.pdf) • [4](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/mariah-carey-philadelphia-christmas-tour-wells-fargo-review-20241204.html) The tour ran alongside a 30th-anniversary deluxe reissue of the *Merry Christmas* album.[5](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-10-30/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-tour-interview)
**Promotion.** The day after the announcement, Carey appeared on *The Drew Barrymore Show* and launched her holiday decor line, "Christmas Time by Mariah Carey," along with tour merchandise.[1](https://mariahcarey.fandom.com/wiki/Mariah_Carey%27s_Christmas_Time) Presales began on August 6, 2024, with the general on-sale on August 9 at LiveNation.com.[2](https://ubsarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mariah-Carey-Localized-Announce.pdf)
## The 2024 tour run
The tour opened on November 6, 2024, at the Yaamava Theater in Highland, California, and visited 20 North American cities, including the [Hollywood Bowl](https://www.edgepedia.org/hollywood-bowl) in Los Angeles, the [Toyota Center](https://www.edgepedia.org/toyota-center) in Houston, the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the [TD Garden](https://www.edgepedia.org/td-garden) in Boston, and Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., before concluding on December 17 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.[3](https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2024/08/02/mariah-carey-christmas-tour-philadelphia) The *Los Angeles Times* noted that it was Carey's third consecutive annual holiday tour.[6](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/06/arts/mariah-carey-christmas-time-boston/)
## Production and setlist
**The show.** Reviews described the production as a mix of holiday pageant, "Nutcracker" fantasia, and old-fashioned television variety show.[7](https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/mariah-carey-christmas-tour-review-houston-lambs-19930169.php) At the Philadelphia stop, Carey descended onto the stage on a giant snowflake throne wearing a floor-length white gown, backed by an eight-person choir and a four-piece band, and opened with "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." The evening included reverent performances of "Joy to the World," "Silent Night," and "O Holy Night," and a livelier turn on the [Darlene Love](https://www.edgepedia.org/darlene-love) and [Phil Spector](https://www.edgepedia.org/phil-spector) perennial "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)."[4](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/mariah-carey-philadelphia-christmas-tour-wells-fargo-review-20241204.html) In Boston she sang "Christmas Time Is Here" and "[Sleigh Ride](https://www.edgepedia.org/sleigh-ride)," and performed "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" while dangling from a massive snowflake suspended from the rafters.[6](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/06/arts/mariah-carey-christmas-time-boston/)
The sets ran about 90 minutes and were mostly devoted to holiday material, framed as a storybook holiday with an excerpt from Carey's 2022 children's book *The Christmas Princess* narrated by her daughter.[4](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/mariah-carey-philadelphia-christmas-tour-wells-fargo-review-20241204.html) Carey said before the tour that she would prefer to sing only Christmas songs, but kept non-holiday material in the show because her agent had convinced her the year before that audiences expected it.[5](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-10-30/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-tour-interview) The concerts closed with a medley of her pop hits, including "Emotions," "Hero," "Fantasy," and "We Belong Together," before the finale, "All I Want for Christmas Is You."[8](https://apnews.com/article/8d3a7eaa9aad1802f09d82f705b2b226)
**The children's interlude.** At the Philadelphia show, Carey's fraternal twins, Monroe and Moroccan Cannon, took the stage for a scripted interlude while their mother made the first of three costume changes, with Moroccan on drums and Monroe on guitar.[4](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/mariah-carey-philadelphia-christmas-tour-wells-fargo-review-20241204.html) Carey's children also joined her onstage during the tour, as the Associated Press noted in an interview with her.[9](https://apnews.com/article/52b0b1545e948188abcd51e881eeb53c)
## Reception
Reviews were generally warm. The *Houston Chronicle* called the tour "a joy"; the Philadelphia *Inquirer* described a transformed winter wonderland while noting a somewhat muted, regal tone from Carey herself; and the *Boston Globe* found her voice ringing "clear as a bell" at TD Garden even as she appeared to be fending off a cold.[7](https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/mariah-carey-christmas-tour-review-houston-lambs-19930169.php) • [4](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/mariah-carey-philadelphia-christmas-tour-wells-fargo-review-20241204.html) • [6](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/06/arts/mariah-carey-christmas-time-boston/) The tour closed in Brooklyn before a crowd in shimmery Santa hats and red sequin party dresses, and the Associated Press ranked the December 17 show among the best and biggest concerts of 2024.[8](https://apnews.com/article/8d3a7eaa9aad1802f09d82f705b2b226) • [10](https://apnews.com/article/3341bd43efeeff36181fa98907c72274)
## Aftermath: Las Vegas
In September 2025 Live Nation announced "Mariah Carey's Christmastime in Las Vegas," a run of 10 performances at Dolby Live at [Park MGM](https://www.edgepedia.org/park-mgm) from November 28 through December 13, 2025, following her critically acclaimed residency "Mariah Carey: The Celebration of Mimi Live in Las Vegas" at the same venue in 2024 and 2025.[11](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/mariah-carey-brings-christmas-magic-to-las-vegas-with-mariah-careys-christmastime-in-las-vegas-at-dolby-live-at-park-mgm) One dollar of every ticket sold was donated to The Fresh Air Fund's Camp Mariah, the summer camp Carey founded in partnership with the Fund.[11](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/mariah-carey-brings-christmas-magic-to-las-vegas-with-mariah-careys-christmastime-in-las-vegas-at-dolby-live-at-park-mgm)
## References
1. [Mariah Carey's Christmas Time, Mariah Carey Wiki (Fandom)](https://mariahcarey.fandom.com/wiki/Mariah_Carey%27s_Christmas_Time)
2. [Mariah Carey Announces 2024 Christmas Tour, UBS Arena press release (PDF)](https://ubsarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mariah-Carey-Localized-Announce.pdf)
3. [Mariah Carey's Christmas tour coming to Philadelphia, Axios (August 2, 2024)](https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2024/08/02/mariah-carey-christmas-tour-philadelphia)
4. [Review: "Mariah Carey's Christmas Time" comes to Wells Fargo with the hits, The Philadelphia Inquirer (December 4, 2024)](https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/mariah-carey-philadelphia-christmas-tour-wells-fargo-review-20241204.html)
5. [Mariah Carey on pop stardom, the Grammys and her annual holiday tour, Los Angeles Times (October 30, 2024)](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-10-30/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-tour-interview)
6. [Review: Mariah Carey "Christmas Time" tour at TD Garden, The Boston Globe (December 6, 2024)](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/06/arts/mariah-carey-christmas-time-boston/)
7. [Review: Mariah Carey's Christmas Time is merry, magical & full of hits, Houston Chronicle](https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/mariah-carey-christmas-tour-review-houston-lambs-19930169.php)
8. [Mariah Carey's 'Christmas Time' comes to an end: See pictures from the holiday tour, Associated Press via The Independent (December 18, 2024)](https://apnews.com/article/8d3a7eaa9aad1802f09d82f705b2b226)
9. [Mariah Carey on new music, Rihanna, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and her lost grunge album, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/52b0b1545e948188abcd51e881eeb53c)
10. [The best and biggest concerts of 2024, Associated Press (December 20, 2024)](https://apnews.com/article/3341bd43efeeff36181fa98907c72274)
11. [Mariah Carey Brings Christmas Magic To Las Vegas With "Mariah Carey's Christmastime In Las Vegas" At Dolby Live At Park MGM, Live Nation Entertainment (September 15, 2025)](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/mariah-carey-brings-christmas-magic-to-las-vegas-with-mariah-careys-christmastime-in-las-vegas-at-dolby-live-at-park-mgm)
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