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TheMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Paradejust got a little more festive!
Mariah Careywill be taking part in the annual holiday celebration in New York City on Nov. 24, where she will perform her 1994 seasonal smash, “All I Want for Christmas is You.”
“My childhood dream is coming to life! I’m going to be opening for the one and only, SANTA CLAUS 🎅🏼, at this year’s @macys Thanksgiving day parade,” Carey, 52wrote on InstagramFriday. “🎄🎉💫 Tune in on Thanksgiving Day.”
In the clip, a countdown is shown leading up to Thanksgiving, before Carey announces in a voice-over, “Hey, it’s Mariah! See you at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.”
Carey will appear at the parade around 12 p.m. ET, three hours after it first airs on NBC, and before Santa Claus closes out the annual holiday event.
Savannah Guthrie,Hoda KotbandAl Rokerof theTodayshow are returning to host the Emmy Award-winning celebration. Roker, 68, first hosted the parade in 1995 alongside Willard Scott and Katie Couric, while Guthrie, 50, and Kotb, 58, first hosted in 2012 and 2018, respectively.
Some of Broadway’s finest are also set to deliver show-stopping performances during the broadcast, kicking off with a dazzling opening number from Lea Michele and the cast of Broadway’sFunny Girl. Additional Broadway acts include the cast ofA Beautiful Noise,Some Like It HotandThe Lion King. The iconic Radio City Rockettes will round up the theatrics.
Additionally, the cast of Peacock’sPitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlinfeaturing Adam Devine, Sarah Hyland and Flula Borg are slated to make an appearance.
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“All I Want for Christmas” has since found a second life in recent years, when in 2019, it topped theBillboardHot 100 chart at No. 1for the first time, becoming Mariah’s 19th total chart-topping entry.
In 2021, Careyreceived the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) Diamond Award, making it the first holiday single to ever earn the coveted award.
Carey’s performance at the Thanksgiving Day parade will give her a chance to warm up for her set ofspecial holiday shows this year, Dec. 9 and Dec. 11 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada, and Dec. 13 and Dec. 16 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade airs on Thursday, Nov. 24 at 9 a.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. The network will air an encore telecast at 2:00 p.m. ET.
source: people.com
