The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade just got a little more festive!
Mariah Carey will be taking part in the annual holiday celebration in New YorkCity on Nov. 24, where she will perform her 1994 seasonal smash, “All I Wantfor Christmas is You.”
“My childhood dream is coming to life! I’m going to be opening for the one andonly, SANTA CLAUS 🎅🏼, at this year’s @macys Thanksgiving day parade,” Carey,52 wrote on Instagram Friday. “🎄🎉💫 Tune in on Thanksgiving Day.”
In the clip, a countdown is shown leading up to Thanksgiving, before Careyannounces in a voiceover, “Hey, it’s Mariah! See you at the Macy’sThanksgiving Day parade.”
Carey will appear at the parade around 12 pm ET, three hours after it firstairs on NBC, and before Santa Claus closes out the annual holiday event.
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Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker of the Today show are returning tohost the Emmy Award-winning celebration. Roker, 68, first hosted the parade in1995 alongside Willard Scott and Katie Couric, while Guthrie, 50, and Kotb,58, first hosted in 2012 and 2018, respectively.
The performer lineup this year includes sets by Gloria Estefan, Paula Abdul,Big Time Rush, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots, Fitz and the Tantrums, Mario Lopezand family, Ziggy Marley, Sean Paul, Kirk Franklin and Jordin Sparks, amongothers.
Some of Broadway’s finest are also set to deliver show-stopping performancesduring the broadcast, kicking off with a dazzling opening number from LeaMichele and the cast of Broadway’s Funny Girl. Additional Broadway actsinclude the cast of A Beautiful Noise , Some Like It Hot and The LionKing. The iconic Radio City Rockettes will round up the theatrics.
Additionally, the cast of Peacock’s _Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin_featuring Adam Devine, Sarah Hyland and Flula Borg are slated to make anappearance.
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Balloons will, of course, also play a big part in the parade, and characterssuch as Peanuts Worldwide’s Astronaut Snoopy, DreamWorks Animation’s Boss Babyand __ Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants will all appear.
New giants joining the lineup this year include Bluey by BBC, Diary of AWimpy Kid by Abrams Books, Dino and Baby Dino by Sinclair Oil and Stuart theminion from Illumination. The inflatable lineup also includes a newballoonicle of Striker, the US Soccer Star by Fox Sports.
Floats will similarly be featured in this year’s festivities once more, andfive new ones will debut in the Thanksgiving Day celebration. The fantasticalfloats include Baby Shark by Pinkfong and Nickelodeon, Geoffrey’s DazzlingDance Party by Toys”R”Us, People of First Light by Macy’s, Supersized Slumberby Netflix and The Wondership by Wonder.
Some of the returning floats include “Birds of a Feather Stream Together” byPeacock, “1-2-3 Sesame Street” by Sesame Workshop — and of course, Santa’sSleigh!
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 24: Mariah Carey performs onstage during GlobalCitizen Festival 2022: New York at Central Park on September 24, 2022 in NewYork City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
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Carey’s holiday smash “All I Want for Christmas” was released in 1994 MerryChristmas album, and was co-written and produced by the musician and WalterAfanasieff — who had worked with Carey since her 1990 self-titled debut andearly No. 1 hit, “Love Takes Time.”
“All I Want for Christmas” has since found a second life in recent years, whenin 2019, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 1 for the first time,becoming Mariah’s 19th total chart-topping entry.
In 2021, Carey received the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)Diamond Award, making it the first holiday single to ever earn the covetedaward.
Carey’s performance at the Thanksgiving Day parade will give her a chance towarm up for her set of special holiday shows this year, Dec. 9 and Dec. 11 atScotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada, and Dec. 13 and Dec. 16 at Madison SquareGarden in New York City.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade airs on Thursday, Nov. 24 at 9 a.m. ET onNBC and Peacock. The network will air an encore telecast at 2:00 pm ET.