A day after Halloween [1] may seem too early for some to get into the festive spirit — unless you're Mariah Carey [2], dahhhling. When the Queen of Christmas declares that spooky season is over, that's our cue to put away the spooky decorations and deck the halls with boughs of holly. On Nov. 1 around midnight, Mariah posted a fun video both declaring "it's time" for Christmas season and teasing that something special is coming on 5 Nov.
Dressed in a sparkly red gown and matching heels and armed with a candy-cane-striped baseball bat, the Grammy-winning diva sneaks into a house, where she finds three pumpkins carved with the words "It's not time." Next? Mariah gleefully smashes the "not" pumpkin as her iconic Christmas hit "All I Want For Christmas Is You" [3] starts playing. If you blink in between Mariah throwing fake snow everywhere and displaying Christmas ornaments, you'll miss the camera pan to a present labeled "11/5," as well as a disclaimer at the end: "To smash that pumpkin and treat it as pie…. Cause we still gotta get through Thanksgiving!!!" As for what's in store this Friday, we can only hope that it's a new Christmas tune, but whatever the surprise is, the countdown is on. Check out the festive clip above.