O Natal Mágico de Mariah Carey

Mariah has been really pushing the Christmas thing in the last few years and she really bashes it out of the park with this Christmas special. Basically, it's a series of music clips strung together with a plot skimpier than her costumes (but considerably less tight). Fans will love it. She is carefully arranged and lit in each scene and can still belt out a tune with a bit of electronic assistance.

Still, I can't help but feel they could have really gone all out with a different perspective and made a her a lonely, demanding and obnoxious diva who is mean to one and all and wants Christmas to be cancelled until she discovers and the importance of Christmas and family - sort of like The *itch Who Stole Christmas, if you get what I mean.

Hey, I should copyright that!

Christmas specials are supposed to be cheesy and full of surprise guest stars. This one definitely takes the idea to a new level of technical prowess with elaborate CGI backdrops. I'm fine with it, obviously everyone is looking like they are having fun and trying to spread Christmas cheer in a most troubling year.

Vocals are amazing and as expected from an icon. MC looks flawless. Storyline is cheesy af, but isn't every Holiday Special? Watch it to gaze at MC's gorge face and wardrobe, stay for the her amazing voice. Don't watch it if you don't like MC or cheesy Christmas stuff.

Very cute, amazing music, beautifully shot. No real plot to speak of, but a great music special with dazzling visuals. A perfect thing to have on playing in the background of Xmas festivities.

Yes, it is definitely extra and over the top....duh!, it is Mariah after all.

What makes Mariah special is that she is not an "out of touch" over the top...NO WAY..she knows exactly how extra she can be, and she capitalizes on it in a cheeky, "I am able to make fun of myself" way. That IS her magic..

Take that fact, add her love of christmas...and top it off with some great vocals and gorgeous looks...folks...that is the recipe for a Magical Mariah Christmas!!

This feels like an old school christmas special...the kind you watch year after year...

The bonus here is her original song, "Christmas Time is in the Air(Again)", which may turn me into a Mariah fan or a lamb, if thats what its called.