Co-writer Says Mariah Carey’s Story About ‘All I Want For Christmas’ Is A Snow Job

The man who co-wrote “All I Want For Christmas Is You” with Mariah Carey says the pop diva’s story about the song’s origin is as false as flying reindeer. Longtime Carey collaborator Walter Afanasieff this week tried to make mincemeat of Carey’s claim that she came up with the Christmas classic when she was a child. “I am proud of this song that I wrote basically as a kid on my little Casio keyboard,” she told Billboard in 2017. Advertisement On the podcast “Hot Takes & Deep Dives” posted Thursday, Afanasieff expressed gratitude to Carey for the 1994 song’s enduring… Read Full Article