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 – interpreted, an umbrella in her hand, her anthem All I Want for Christmas Is Youat the foot of the giant turkey installed at the entrance to the store in New York.
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 realize a dream. “My childhood dream comes to life! I will open for the one and only Santa Claus,” 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 walked the stage during the televised event, the US magazine reported. RollingStone.
For the holiday season, the American singer will perform, among others, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The annual Thanksgiving Parade kicked off at 9 a.m. Thursday morning and marched about 2.5 miles through the streets of the Big Apple. This tradition has continued since 1924.