Also: See the music video for Carey’s new remix of “Oh Santa!”

with Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson.

“Notice I saidtheycall me, ‘cause I never claimed that name.

Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special

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It is a pretty fun name, though.”

She’s more than earned it.

Last year, the irresistible holiday track finally hit no.

Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special

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1in four different decades.

“But for this… itis.

It’s more like, here’s the spirit what we want to feel right now.

Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special

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To assemble the all-star group, “I just made a wish and it happened,” Carey jokes.

complete with harmonized whistle notes.

“It really was a special moment.

I think people felt it in the room,” she says of their collaboration.

“I enjoyed it as a producer and a songwriter.

“Everybody did their best.

You’vegotto follow the rules, that’s the thing.

Every day it’s something new.”

And I’m very thankful for this moment.”

(This year, “it kind of is,” she admits.)

She spends much more ink in the book, however, on the holiday she’s best known for.

“Christmas was always ruined for me as a kid,” she says, citing the memoir.

“Never can be canceled for me.I’mgoing to enjoy it.

And that’s what we’re doing.”

The full soundtrack is now available on Apple Music and will be everywhere Dec. 11.