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MJ Felipe

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1760495794709cropped-Screen Shot 2025-10-15 at 10.35.13 AM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"> Mariah Carey sang &#x27;All I Want for Christmas is you&#x27; as her finale song to the Manila leg of Celebration of Mimi concert tour. MJ Felipe, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The early Christmas celebration in the Philippines has been officially approved by the Queen of Christmas herself, Mariah Carey!</p><p>October 14 was a day that Pinoy fans, or as she calls them &quot;lambs,&quot; will never forget as she brought with her, her iconic Christmas track ‘All I Want for Christmas is you’ to cap her more than 90-minute ‘Celebration of Mimi’ show in Manila.</p><p>Hardcore fans know that Mariah is very sacred when it comes to announcing when &quot;it’s tiiiiimeee&quot; to celebrate and start playing &quot;All I Want.&quot; </p><p>But fans also know that she has acknowledged the Ber season in the Philippines and gave her Pinoy fans the &quot;exception&quot; card. (Look up her previous tweet about it.)</p><div><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" 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style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:576px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1978113562598953226"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>Also, her finale song for this Asian tour is from the well-loved ‘The Emancipation of Mimi’ album, a gospel track called ‘Fly Like A Bird.’ </p><p>So the jampacked MOA Arena crowd went into crazy mode when they started hearing the iconic intro of ‘All I want.’ </p><p>A massive shower of white confetti filled the arena as the crowd sang along with the songbird, making it the perfect punctuation to the unforgettable night with Mimi.</p><p>She opened the show with a nostalgic video of her eras then making a grand entrance with ‘Type Dangerous.’ </p><p>The crowd was pumped as she heads on to belt ‘Emotions’ and ‘Touch my body.’</p><p>It was a treat for old and new fans as Mariah mixed her repertoire with deep cuts and very familiar hits like ‘Always be my baby’, ‘Hero,’ ‘Dreamlover,’ ‘Obsessed,’ ‘#Beautiful’ and her iconic heartbreak ballad ‘We Belong Together.’</p><div><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" 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She was vibing with the crowd from both sides of the stage, and the Pinoy fans were also giving back that good energy. </p><p>While she does not acknowledge time and age, Mariah seems to move less compared to before, not to mention those high heels she wore throughout the show.</p><p>And if the Pinoy vibe wasn’t enough to make her feel the warm Filipino love, she also wore a Michael Cinco dress in one of the segments. Cinco also posted this on his Facebook page.</p><p>&quot;Mariah is just beyond exquisite, she’s perfect. We love you Mariah. We can&#x27;t thank you enough for everything!&quot; says some of the members of the Mariah Carey Philippines fanclub.</p><p>Seeing music legends like Mariah Carey still doing tours and visiting her fans from the other side of the world is more than enough reason to love her. </p><p>And just like the title says, ‘Celebration of Mimi,’ and celebrate the Pinoys did - just pure love for the one and only, Mariah Carey.</p>

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Mariah Carey celebrates early Christmas season with Pinoy fans

MJ Felipe,

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Published October 15, 2025 10:38 AM PHT

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