"Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her second Christmas album and thirteenth studio album, ''

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'' (2010). It was written and produced by Carey in collaboration with

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. Lyrically, it is about finding love during the Christmas season. The track garnered positive reviews from critics, with one describing it as an outstanding performance and the only song on the album that could compare to one of Carey's previous Christmas singles, " All I Want for Christmas Is You". It was released as a promotional single in December 2012. An accompanying lyric video was released, and Carey has performed "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" live on

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's ''Christmas in Rockefeller Centre'' event and during her December 2014 Beacon Theatre residency called All I Want For Christmas Is You, A Night of Joy & Festivity.

Background and composition

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for Carey's second Christmas album/thirteenth studio album ''

'' (2010). It was recorded by Brian Garten at multiple recording studios, including Henson Studios, 20th Century Fox Scoring Stage, Guardian Angel Studios, Germano Studios, Capitol Recording Studios, while it was mixed by

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and assistant Damien Lewis at The Ninja Beat Club. An extensive list of additional and assistant engineers were enlisted in the production of the track: Brett "Snacky" Pierce, Scott Risett, Kenta Yonesaka, Alex Guapera, Charlie Paakkari, Tim Lauber, Tom Steel, Greg Dennon, Denis St. Amand. Aside from being credited as a songwriter and producer, the song was orchestrated and arranged by Shaiman, who also performed the piano. The ballad begins with Carey singing "Oh, Christmas time is in the air again" in her "whisper register", backed by a string section performed by Mike Valerio on the

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and George Doering playing the guitar. Other instrumentalists who performed on the bell and chime embellished track were Victor Indrizzo on the drums and Luis Conte on

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. The orchestra was recorded and pre-mixed by John Richards and the concertmaster was Ralph Morrison; Shari Sutcliffe was enlisted as the orchestra contractor. Lyrically, the track is about falling in love during the Christmas season. Set in the key of

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, then it key changes to

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, the song has a "slow" feel and a tempo of 50

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; Carey's voice spans just short of two octaves from F♯₃ to E₅. On November 26, 2012, Carey announced via her

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account that "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" would be released as a promotional single.

Critical reception

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'' writer Rich Juzwiak felt that "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" was the only song on ''Merry Christmas II You'' that matched "the magic" of her 1994 single " All I Want for Christmas Is You", describing it as "exquisite". He continued to write that it is "a sweeping big-band ballad that you'd swear was a cover from some

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movie you didn't pay that much attention to once. Not even Santa himself has the power to conjure the spontaneous nostalgia found here."

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Background and composition

Critical reception

Promotion

Charts

References

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