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Mariah Carey to present her own BBC Radio 2 show on Christmas Day as she celebrates 30 year anniversary of her festive hit


To mark the 30th anniversary of her 1994 festive classic, the American pop-star will feature as part of the BBC radio's Christmas schedule.

During the pre-recorded festive hour, Carey will thank listeners for their support over the years and will play Christmas classics from artists who have inspired her including Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston. The setlist boasts an impressive 26 songs and typically runs about 90 minutes in which she vocalizes a mix of holiday classics with modern twists and her greatest hits. She told Parade: 'I started writing that on a little DX7 or Casio keyboard that was in this little room in the house that I lived in at the time in Upstate New York lifetimes ago.

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