Ruven Afanador for BillboardIn recent years, Mariah Carey‘s Christmas empire has grown to include books, movies, and a live Christmas spectacular which, according to Billboard, has grossed $16.5 million since it started in 2014. Ironically, that means the Queen of Christmas has had less and less to time to celebrate her favorite holiday.
Asked by Billboard for the publication’s new cover story, “When do the holidays start for you?” she laments, “As soon as I stop working. This year, I think they start on the 22nd, which is a day and a half too late,
