[ Cheering and applause ]
[ Alert chimes ]
-I'm trying to sleep.
Who's texting me?
Santa Claus?!
-"Hi, Jimmy.
It's Santa Claus.
Ho, ho, ho."
Classic.
[ Laughter ]
"I just wanted to let you know you're
on the naughty list this year.
No cap."
[ Laughter ]
The naughty list?!
This is awful!
My Christmas is ruined!
-Did someone say Christmas?
[ Cheering and applause ]
-Mariah! -Did someone say Christmas?!
-Mariah!
Mariah, I-I-I just got a text from Santa Claus.
-Oh, my gosh.
Okay, wait, let me guess.
You're on the naughty list.
-Yeah, how'd you know?
-Well,
I mean, hi, I'm Mariah Carey and --
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, I get it, yeah, yeah.
[ Cheering and applause ] But I --
-[ Laughs ] -Of course.
I-I-I just don't know.
I thought I was a good boy this year.
-[ Sighs ] What'd you do?
-Santa Sent me a whole list.
Here, take a look.
-Let me see.
Wow, Jimmy,
this is a lot of bad stuff. -I know, I know.
What -- What -- What -- What does it say?
-It says you stole Questlove's lunch from the office kitchen
and blamed it on Tariq.
[ Laughter ]
-I was hungry.
[ Laughter ]
-You put a "Kick Me" sign on Higgins' back...
-Yeah. -...and then started
the Kick Higgins in the Butt Challenge on TikTok.
[ Laughter ] -I did that, but it went viral
and I didn't know how to stop.
What else -- What else is -- -Okay.
[ Laughter ] Da da da da da.
It was your idea for Netflix
to start playing commercials?
[ Audience ohs ]
-Who doesn't like the Geico gecko?
[ Laughter ] I mean, come on.
-Okay. Uh...
You told Elon Musk to buy Twitter.
[ Ohs and laughter ]
-I mean, he's already been to the heavens with SpaceX.
I figured, now, he could see hell.
[ Laughter, oohs, and applause ] -I don't --
I don't make these lists.
[ Laughing ] I don't know. Um...
Okay. Well, this part --
I mean, the drama on the set of "Don't Worry Darling"...
[ Laughter ] that was you?!
-Hey, all press is good press, right?
[ Laughter and applause ]
-Not in my opinion, but anyway, okay.
Listen, the shoes with the individual toes?
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, you know what?
That was a bad invention. That's gross.
[ Laughter ] Yeah, I'm sorry about that. -Oh, gosh. Okay.
Well, what's this? Wait a minute.
What's this thing with Adidas? -Give me the phone,
give me the phone, give me the phone, give me --
[ Laughter ] just give me -- hand me the phone.
It was -- It was a bad idea. Look, I had a --
[ Applause ] -Jimmy, Jimmy, okay,
you've been really bad this year.
Really. -I know, I know. I guess
Christmas isn't coming for me.
[ Awws ] -[ Sighs ]
Jimmy,
if Santa won't give you a gift, I will.
[ Cheering and applause ]
-Really?!
-Of course!
It's my new children's book.
It's a fairy tale called "The Christmas Princess."
[ Cheers and applause ] -Thank you!
-You're so welcome.
-"The Christmas Princess"?!
You have no idea -- this is what I wanted!
-I figured you did.
[ Laughter ] -Thank you, Mariah!
-[ Laughs ] You're so welcome.
-Hey, what if we did something
really big and nice for my audience?
Maybe that'll get me off the naughty list.
[ Cheers and applause ] -We can try.
Wait, you mean like -- you mean like everyone here
gets a free copy of the book?
Like -- -Yes! That's a great idea!
-Yes! Okay.
[ Boisterous cheering and applause ]
[ Alert chimes ] I love it!
Love! -It's Santa!
-Whoo! -I'm off the naughty list!
-Ye-e-e-S! It's a Christmas miracle!
[ Cheering and applause ] And you get a book
and you get a book and you get a book!
-You get a book and you get a book!
-And you get a book!
-But wait, but wait, but wait!
-[ Laughs ] Oh, wait. -Mariah -- Mariah...
-Yes, yes. -...you got me something.
-Okay. -What do you want
for Christmas? -[ Gasps ]
[ Laughs ]
Oh, here we go.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah.
Jimmy,
all I want for Christmas
is...
[ Ding! ]
[ Laughter, cheering, and applause ]
See you real soon.
[ Bells jingling, upbeat tune plays ]
-Thank you for this book!
Mariah Carey!
We'll be right back with more
"Tonight Show," everybody.
Thank you!
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