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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nowlan101 on 2024-12-16 19:20:24+00:00.

Original Title: TIL all the instruments on Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You are either programmed or from a synthesizer. Carey’s co-writer on the song, Walter Afanasieff originally had a live band do the instrumental but was unsatisfied with the result and redid it by himself.