Mariah Carey—“All I Want for Christmas Is You”
60 Songs That Explain the '90s
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All I Want for Christmas Is You
All I want for Christmas was written as a way of imagining the winter wonderland her mother and her siblings could not provide. Song co-produced by music biz heavyweight Walter Afanasyev, who describes their collaborative style as musical ping pong. The song comes up almost immediately in the meaning of Mariah Carey.
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