It's the most wonderful time of the year, and celebrities are feeling merry! Queen of Christmas Mariah Carey [1] kicked off the holiday season promptly on 1 Nov. and declared, "IT'S TIIIIIIIIME!!!!!!!! 🎄🎉❤️#MariahSZN," via social media [2]. Since then, her pages have been filled with all kinds of yuletide updates — from unveiling her new children's book "The Christmas Princess" to sharing teasers of her festive special [3], "Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All." Most recently, she sang an adorable "Away in a Manger" duet [4] with her 11-year-old daughter [5], Monroe Cannon, during her "Merry Christmas to All" show in Toronto on 9 Dec.
But Carey isn't the only celebrity gearing up for festive fun. In a recent interview with POPSUGAR, Tia Mowry dished about her Christmas traditions and how they're changing after her split from Cory Hardrict [6] following 14 years of marriage. "For Christmas, I always like to do a staycation. Meaning, at the end of the year, this is when I wind down and I'm like, you know what? Mama was wearing all of these hats. It's time for Mama to be catered to," she said. "So we are going to a resort where people will be doing the cooking for me. I don't have to make up my bed or anybody else's bed. We're just going to spend quality time together, eating and creating these wonderful, beautiful memories that I hold dear."
Scroll ahead to see how other stars are getting into the Christmas spirit.
Cardi B
On 12 Dec., Cardi B showed off her extravagant Christmas trees in a series of videos, some of which feature her and husband Offset's 1-year-old son, Wave [8].
Mariah Carey
Carey unboxed a shipment of her new children's book, "The Christmas Princess," alongside daughter Monroe in an Instagram video shared on 3 Nov.
Demi Moore
Moore shared a series of family photos — which include her three daughters, 34-year-old Rumer, 31-year-old Scout, 28-year-old Tallulah, their father/Moore's ex-husband Bruce Willis [9], his wife Emma, and their two kids, 10-year-old Mabel Ray and 8-year-old Evelyn Penn — on 13 Dec., captioning her Instagram post, "Getting into the holiday spirit!"
Chrissy Teigen
An expecting Teigen shared that she and husband John Legend [10] "got all dressed up to go to nutcracker" in an 11 Dec. Instagram post, adding, "but someone (not me) threw up in the car so we came home, took these and now I'm in my jams."
On 12 Dec., Teigen shared an Instagram post of her and her two kids, Miles and Luna, decorating Christmas-themed chocolate bark. "thank you for the idea, @foodnetwork! apologies for my weird counter-resting boob in photo one," she joked in the caption.
Jennifer Hudson
In a 7 Dec. Instagram post, Hudson declared herself "Mama Claus" on the set of her daytime talk show. "We are spreading some holiday cheer over at @jenniferhudsonshow," she wrote in the caption. "Be sure to tune in!!! 🎄"
Reese Witherspoon
Witherspoon got a head start this year, posting a selfie of herself posing in front of a Christmas tree on 28 Nov., captioned, "Too soon?🎄😂."
Jennifer Lopez
On 6 Dec., Lopez dressed up in her Christmas crimson red and matching "J Lo" bag, captioning her Instagram post, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 💚🎄♥️."
Meghan Trainor
On 6 Dec., Trainor shared a snippet of her and a friend singing along to her new song "Made You Look" while all dressed up in holiday gear. "CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY!" she captioned her video.
Nick Cannon
In a hilarious YouTube video, sponsored by "Baby Daddy Financial," the soon-to-be father of 12 joked about Christmas shopping for his kids [11] this year. "Based off the baby-mama-to-kid ratio, we got a whole hell of a lot of gifts to buy," he says in the clip.
