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Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> was nestled all snug in his bed, while <\/span>Mariah Carey<\/a> and Santa Claus danced by his head.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Queen of Christmas paid Kimmel a visit in the middle of the night <\/span>to declare “It’s Time,”<\/a> continuing her crusade of kicking off the holiday season. On Thursday’s episode of <\/span>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em><\/a>, viewers watched as Carey threw an epic dance party in Kimmel’s bedroom with Santa and some merry elves, playing her hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” over a loudspeaker while tossing fake snow all over his bed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It’s an ongoing tradition for the late night host, who has previously been startled out of sleep with performances by Rihanna, Britney Spears, Dua Lipa, Miley Cyrus and more over the years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “I’m like laying there and I’m like, ‘Something smells good,'” Kimmel tells Carey in the segment, hilariously wearing his wife’s bathrobe and a mouth guard for the conversation. “It was you, it turns out.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Carey stopped by his studio for a sit-down chat the next day, opening up about why she’s began embracing an early start to celebrating the season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “I had to just go with the flow because everybody was rushing the holiday season and they started playing my song,” she explained. “So I kept being like, ‘Not yet, don’t play it yet. It’s not time yet, why are we playing Christmas songs?’ But they were doing it, so then I just was like, OK, it became like a joke just for laughs.”<\/span><\/p>\n In recent years, Carey has <\/span>sharing silly videos at midnight<\/a> on Nov. 1 that show her seamlessly transitioning from Halloween into Christmas mode.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This year, the 54-year-old songstress is promoting her upcoming\u00a0<\/span>Merry Christmas One and All<\/a>\u00a0Tour. The trek will kick off Nov. 15 and wrap on Dec. 17 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Her children — son Moroccan and daughter Monroe, whom she shares with ex-husband\u00a0<\/span>Nick Cannon<\/a>\u00a0— will join her on the road and on stage during her performances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “They’re gonna do various moments of music making and merriment,” she shared, adding that she feels it’s strongly about seeing them make and save their own money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “They will be paid,” she explained. “I think it’s important for them to save their money so they’re not calling me when they’re older asking for money.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n