<P> Shona Craven of Scotland's The Herald, said, "(it's) a song of optimism and joy that maybe, just maybe, hints at the real meaning of Christmas ." Additionally, she felt the main reason it was so successful is the subject "you" in the lyrics, explaining, "Perhaps what makes the song such a huge hit is the fact that it's for absolutely everyone ." Craven opened her review with a bold statement: "Bing Crosby may well be turning in his grave, but no child of the 1980s will be surprised to see Mariah Carey's sublime All I Want For Christmas Is You bounding up the charts after being named the nation's top festive song ." </P> <P> In his review for Carey's Merry Christmas II You, Thomas Connor from the Chicago Sun - Times called the song "a simple, well - crafted chestnut and one of the last great additions to the Christmas pop canon". In a 2006 retrospective look at Carey's career, Sasha Frere - Jones of The New Yorker said, the "charming" song was one of Carey's biggest accomplishments, calling it "one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon". Dan Hancox, editor of The National, quoted and agreed with Jones' statement, calling the song "perfection". </P> <P> In the United States, in the first week of January 1995, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary and at No. 12 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart . The song placed on these two charts again in December 1995 and in December 1996 . The song was ineligible for inclusion on the Billboard Hot 100 during its original release, because it was not released commercially as a single . This rule lapsed in 1998, however, allowing the song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at No. 83 in January 2000). The song topped the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart in December 2005, but it was unable to attain a new peak on the Billboard Hot 100 chart because it was considered a recurrent single and was thus ineligible for chart re-entry . </P> <P> Every December from 2005 to 2008, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 Re-currents chart . In 2012, after the recurrent rule was revised to allow all songs in the top 50 onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the single re-entered the chart at No. 29 and peaked at number 21 for the week ending January 5, 2013 . In December 2017, the song peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, making it its highest peak since its original release . As of December 16, 2017, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" topped the Billboard Holiday 100 chart for a record - extending 27th cumulative week . No other song has spent more than two weeks at No. 1 on the Holiday 100 since the chart's launch in 2011 . </P>

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