{"id":1779,"date":"2022-12-25T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/25\/best-christmas-songs-from-the-90s-mariah-carey-more\/"},"modified":"2022-12-25T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T13:45:00","slug":"best-christmas-songs-from-the-90s-mariah-carey-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/25\/best-christmas-songs-from-the-90s-mariah-carey-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Christmas Songs From the \u201890s: Mariah Carey, More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Festive throwback! The 1990s brought Us Beanie Babies, AOL Instant Messenger, Crystal Pepsi, <em>Clueless<\/em> \u2014 and some of the catchiest holiday songs ever.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/mariah-carey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mariah Carey<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/adam-sandler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Adam Sandler<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s \u201cThe Hanukkah Song,\u201d the \u201890s were jam-packed with holiday tunes that remain favorites more than three decades later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/the-biggest-boy-bands-of-all-time-2012215\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boy bands<\/a>, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/aj-mclean-on-27-years-of-bsb-hopes-for-a-christmas-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backstreet Boys<\/a>, 98 Degrees, Hanson and Boyz II Men released festive songs for the season that still hold up. Boyz II Men teamed up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/brian-mcknight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Brian McKnight<\/strong><\/a> for 1993\u2019s \u201cLet It Snow\u201d and in December 2020 they reunited to perform the track during a joint TV appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018NSync, for their part, dropped the <em>Home for Christmas<\/em> album in 1998. The record has endured as a holiday classic despite the band \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/justin-timberlake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Justin Timberlake<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jc-chasez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JC Chasez<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/lance-bass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lance Bass<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/chris-kirkpatrick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Chris Kirkpatrick<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/joey-fatone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Joey Fatone<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 going their separate ways in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I don\u2019t put on the album, but if it\u2019s on a station that I choose, I have fun with it,\u201d Chasez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jc-chasez-on-nsync-reunion-rumors-the-answer-is-no\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exclusively told <em>Us Weekly<\/em><\/a> in December 2017. \u201cThey are fun memories for me. I don\u2019t know how to equate it other than saying it\u2019s a college memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TLC\u2019s holiday single, \u201cSleigh Ride,\u201d was featured on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/home-alone-cast-where-are-they-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Home Alone 2: Lost in New York<\/em><\/a> soundtrack in 1992, which starred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/macaulay-culkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Macaulay Culkin<\/strong><\/a> as Kevin McCallister two years after the original film was released.<\/p>\n<p>Sandler\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/8-best-hanukkah-tv-episodes-to-watch-this-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">catchy song about Hanukkah<\/a>, which originally premiered on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/saturday-night-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/a> in 1994, has been added to over the years, totaling four versions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a long time for one song,\u201d the comedian told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/ellen-degeneres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ellen DeGeneres<\/strong><\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/adam-sandler-ellen-degeneres-hanukkah-song_n_5df78736e4b03aed50f19960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 2019<\/a>, on the song\u2019s 25th anniversary. \u201cIf there are any other Jewish people out there who want to write a new one, that\u2019d be great. I\u2019d love to share the Hanukkah spirit with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scroll down to flash back to the \u201890s and celebrate the holidays \u2026 retro style!<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want For Christmas Is You\u201d (1994)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yXQViqx6GMY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/james-corden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>James Corden<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s epic <em>Carpool Karaoke<\/em> mashup of Carey singing her holiday classic with everyone from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/adele\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Adele<\/strong><\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/selena-gomez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Selena Gomez<\/strong><\/a>, to New York City\u2019s Empire State Building doing a choreographed light show to the song, all anyone wants for Christmas is to belt this 1990s hit.<\/p>\n<p><b>2. \u2018NSync\u2019s \u201cMerry Christmas, Happy Holidays\u201d (1998)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"*NSYNC - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays (Official HD Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wKj92352UAE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The only thing better than Kirkpatrick\u2019s dreadlocks in this video is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/gary-coleman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Gary Coleman<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s waterproof green outfit. Then again, there is also Santa\u2019s autographed 8\u00d710 photo of the band.<\/p>\n<p><b>3. Backstreet Boys\u2019 \u201cChristmas Time\u201d (1997)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Backstreet Boys - Christmas Time (Official Audio)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cB66Xn7yvec?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Not to be confused with the Backstreet Boys\u2019 2012 \u201cIt\u2019s Christmas Time Again,\u201d the 1997 song \u201cChristmas Time\u201d was first released on the holiday edition of their \u201cQuit Playing Games (With My Heart)\u201d single.<\/p>\n<p><b>4. Hanson\u2019s \u201cEverybody Knows The Claus\u201d (1997)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everybody Knows The Claus\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HT3h10KFxOY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Just six months after Hanson\u2019s debut <i>Middle of Nowhere<\/i>, the brothers released a Christmas album, <i>Snowed In<\/i>, which included a handful of original tunes \u2014 most notably the catchy track \u201cEverybody Knows the Claus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>5. 98 Degrees\u2019 \u201cThis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shop-with-us-gifts\/\" data-gift=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gift<\/a>\u201d (1999)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"98\u00ba - This Gift\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IuDUoAmhonE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This sounds like, well, any other 98 Degrees ballad, except it contains Christmas words.<\/p>\n<p><b>6. TLC\u2019s \u201cSleigh Ride\u201d (1992)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TLC - Sleigh Ride (Official HD Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/62rmjtZdCv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Chilli, T-Boz, and Left Eye got in the Christmas business too \u2014 with this original song featured on the <i>Home Alone 2: Lost in New York<\/i> soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p><b>7. Amy Grant\u2019s \u201cGrown-Up Christmas List\u201d (1992)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amy Grant - Grown Up Christmas List (Official Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RmF2rsDHOZc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/david-foster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>David Foster<\/strong> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/linda-thompson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Linda Thompson<\/strong><\/a> technically wrote the song for Natalie Cole in 1990, the ballad didn\u2019t take off until <strong>Amy Grant<\/strong> added her own verse in 1992. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kelly-clarkson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kelly Clarkson<\/strong><\/a> also paid homage to the song on an <i>American Idol<\/i> Christmas special.<\/p>\n<p><b>8. Adam Sandler\u2019s \u201cThe Hanukkah Song\u201d (1994)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adam Sandler - Chanukah Song (Official Audio)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AvcvvNk2Fic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was a kid, this time of year always made me feel a little left out because in school there were so many Christmas songs and all us Jewish kids had was the song, \u2018Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel,\u2019\u201d Sandler lamented on <i>Saturday Night Live<\/i>\u2019s Weekend Update before premiering the humorous ditty in 1994.<\/p>\n<p><b>9. Gloria Estefan\u2019s \u201cChristmas Through Your Eyes\u201d (1993)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christmas Through Your Eyes\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wf-IwAmhVds?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Latin-American songstress wrote the title track from her 1993 Christmas album with <strong>Diane Warren<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><b>10. Carnie and Wendy Wilson\u2019s \u201cHey Santa!\u201d (1993)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hey Santa - Carnie &amp; Wendy Wilson  1993\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y0RYWDilATM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This was the title track of the first album from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/carnie-wilson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Carnie Wilson<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>Wendy Wilson<\/strong> after Wilson Phillips went on hiatus.<\/p>\n<p><b>11. LeAnn Rimes\u2019 \u201cPut A Little Holiday In Your Heart\u201d (1997)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Put A Little Holiday In Your Heart\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TixWV3LJx5Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The ballad came from a 1997 made-for-television movie on ABC called <i>Holiday In Your Heart,<\/i>\u00a0which was based on a story co-written by a then 15-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/leann-rimes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LeAnn Rimes<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>12. Boyz II Men and Brian McKnight\u2019s \u201cLet It Snow\u201d (1993)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boyz II Men - Let It Snow ft. Brian McKnight\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k4s1wSCvs8k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nice and slow snowfall: Nineties R&amp;B royalty united for this song containing super-90s phrases like \u201cYou are my everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/twelve-best-1990s-christmas-songs-w456819\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Festive throwback! The 1990s brought Us Beanie Babies, AOL Instant Messenger, Crystal Pepsi, Clueless \u2014 and some of the catchiest holiday songs ever. From Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas\u201d to Adam Sandler\u2019s \u201cThe Hanukkah Song,\u201d the \u201890s were jam-packed with holiday tunes that remain favorites more than three decades later. Boy bands, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}