The modern Christmas canon's cornerstone: Merry Christmas pairs cathedral-scale production with Carey's full five octaves, and "All I Want for Christmas Is You" — pop's last universally beloved standard — earns its annual chart resurrection through sheer songcraft. The rest balances gospel sincerity and sleigh-bell kitsch better than any imitator since.
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