Who is the little girl in the All I Want For Christmas video?

Mariah Carey is celebrating 25 years of her hit holiday song, "All I Want for Christmas Is You," and she's doing it in the most festive way possible. Instead of just acknowledging the milestone, you can watch Mariah Carey's new "All I Want for Christmas Is You" video that she dropped on Dec. 19. The music video even includes her kiddos, and it's totally adorable.

The new music video is titled, "All I Want for Christmas Is You (Make My Wish Come True Edition).” In the opening, we see a little girl gazing into a shop window from outside. Featured in the window shop scene in none other than Carey, dressed up in a Santa-inspired jumpsuit. Everything in the window springs to life as Carey is singing and then the girl enters a complete winter wonderland after she walks through the glass.

Basically, it's the embodiment of a holiday dream, with Santas on ice skates, dancers in cotton candy-inspired dresses, dancing plushie polar bears, and a huge white house decked with festive lighted garlands and the initials "M. C." above the door.

Eventually, Carey is dressed as a toy soldier, as well as an angel with white wings. The layering of the video is well done and the holiday imagery completely tops the OG music video. The original version also featured Carey in a Santa outfit, but had a more homey quality with Carey playing in the snow and enjoying some holiday time at home. While the original music video was more than festive, this new take has a glitzy, showy appeal that is dripping with glamour.

But the most fun occurs when Carey's kids show up. Moroccan Scott and Monroe — Carey's eight-year-old children with her ex Nick Cannon — first appear coming out of a jack-in-the-box. The two then meet up with the other children in the wonderland and having a dance session. At one point, viewers even get to catch her son Moroccan breakdance. Can it get any cuter? Probably not.

The holiday tune has been a seasonal hit ever since it was first released, but it only just took the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time this year. Carey celebrated the long-awaited win by taking to social media, saying "We did it," with a string of emojis.

She went on to tell Peoplethat the song's success was more of a "gradual thing," as it had always remained popular but gradually claimed to the top spot on the charts as the years went on. "That makes me feel really proud as someone that loves Christmas so much," she said.

TBH, it's clear that Carey is in love with Christmas, especially with the new music video adaptation of her song. You can bet Carey's holiday classic will be at the top of my playlist all December.

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It’s Christmastime, meaning you won’t be able to walk five paces without hearing some sort of festive tune blasting out.

And, of course, the season would not be complete without hearing Mariah Carey’s iconic track ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ at some point. 

The 1994 smash hit single has earned its place in the classic Christmas songbook, alongside the likes of ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘Silent Night’, and now to mark its 25th anniversary, the song has a new music video!

On Friday, December 20th, Mariah dropped a 2019 remake of the classic video, called the ‘Make My Wish Come True Edition’. 

And it features her adorable kids!

Let’s take a closer look at the ‘All I Want for Christmas’ 2019 music video cast. 

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What is the 2019 Christmas video remake?

The new and updated video sees Mariah don her best festive get-ups to recreate a scene resembling The Nutcracker. 

It starts as a little girl (played by Mykal-Michelle Harris of Mixed-ish and Big Little Lies fame) walks past a shop and is drawn in by their Christmas display which subsequently comes to life. 

Dancers, snow-filled scenes and children playing suddenly emerge, in the Winter Wonderland created by director Joseph Kahn. 

Fans are loving the new music video so much that it’s drawn in over 300,000 views in just three hours!

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Mini Monroe and Moroccan star!

If it wasn’t enough to see Mariah return on top form, this new music video also features her children, Monroe and Moroccan Cannon. 

The adorable 8-year-old twins donned their own little Christmas outfits and surprised Mykal-Michelle by jumping out of a gift-wrapped box. 

What then followed was a cute dance routine with other children, showing off Moroccan’s break dancing skills!

Monroe and Moroccan are the children of Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon. The couple were married from 2008 to 2016. 

Make My Wish Come True Edition: Cast

The 2019 remake stars Mariah Carey, with Mykal-Michelle Harris as the lead actress. 

Playing Mykal-Michelle’s mother in the music video is actress Candice Renée.

There are also two other child stars dancing with Roc ‘n’ Roe Cannon and Mykal-Michelle. 

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How much money does Mariah Carey make from all I want for Christmas?

A study in 2016 by The Economist found that Carey makes about $2.5 million per year for the song. She had raked in $60 million by 2016 from the song first released in 1994, the study said. So she has probably made an additional $12.5 million since, bringing her to more than $72 million from just one song.

Who is on the cover of all I want for Christmas?

Versions.

Are there two versions of All I Want for Christmas Is You?

There are two edits to this version of the video. In 2019, along with the release of the deluxe 25th-anniversary edition of her album Merry Christmas, she released two new music videos for the song.