Merry Christmas: Celebrating 20 years of Mariah Carey’s classic holiday album
November 1, 1994. Mariah Carey always loved the Christmas season growing up. As she told Billboard magazine in 1994, “I’m a very festive person and I love the holidays. I’ve sung Christmas songs since I was a little girl. I used to go Christmas caroling.” If holiday albums from major stars weren’t quite rare in 1994, they weren’t exactly the norm either.
