Mariah Carey

All I Want For Christmas Is You

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All I Want For Christmas Is You Lyrics

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true...
All I want for Christmas
Is you...

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you...
You baby

I won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for snow
I'm just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeer click
'Cause I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do
Baby all I want for Christmas is you
You...

All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's
Laughter fills the air
And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me the one I really need -
won't you please bring my baby to me...

Oh I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just want to see baby
Standing right outside my door
Oh I just want him for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is
You...

All I want for Christmas is you baby... (repeat)

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc

Writer

Mariah Carey, Walter N. Afanasieff

Duration

4:01

Submitted by

ice On May 24, 2001

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All I want for Christmas is you baby... (repeat)

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2001-05-24 19:32:09

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by Der_Bulle

21y ago

That's illegal. She wants a human being for Christmas. Slavery is already illegal for about 2 centuries :P. Cool song to sing along with :P (exaggeratedly ofcourse). I know what I want for Christmas: you! :D

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by drewdc

19y ago

I, too, think that this is a great song, the best Christmas-themed pop song since "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" by Darlene Love. This song expresses ideas that are universal no matter the time of year. The things that make us happiest in life are things we can't buy. Also, the things we want the most are often things we don't (or can't) have. Things that are seemingly out of our reach have an ability to enthrall our imagination and tug at our innermost emotions. I could go on, but I think Carey's song puts it so much better than I ever could.

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by bmrhye

21y ago

This song is great if you like Mariah Carey.

Lyrically, it's so much like every other Christmas 'love' song. All they want is the one they love. It never stops there, though. When people get what they want, they always want more.

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by nessie2526

24y ago

THE GUY SHE WANTS FOR 00CHRISTMAS!!!! So obvious!! I love this song!!

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24y ago

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by ArianeTheFool

21y ago

This song is like cigarette smoke to me. I don't actually like it, but whenever I smell cigarette smoke it reminds me of holidays in Europe and puts me in a good mood. And although I despise this song, it reminds me of Christmas and makes me happy.

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by Viro

21y ago

She did an interview with Smash Hits! UK once, and said that this song is about sceptacaemia.

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by mike MOD

21y ago

Ariane, I definitely agree -- minus the whole Europe thing... but you get the idea.

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by Xx_koukLitsa_xX

21y ago

they play this song at my work since its christmas time now and everyone knows its MY song bc i love it sooo much. yea it gets annoying eventually, but its a christmas song.. ya gotta love it ;)Edited by mike on December 15 2004, at 06:46PM

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by happyhumphery

21y ago

i think she wants a baby!!! hahaha oooo mayb she does oooo nevr put that line across b4 hahaha ok re-read possibly not

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