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\"It’s time!\" she says, as the video cuts to her decked out in full-on Christmas mode.

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PHOTO: Singer Mariah Carey appears in a Christmas-themed video posted to her Instagram account on Nov. 1, 2021, with the text, "It's Time!!!!"
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We also see a flash of a present with \"11/5\" on it -- a hint of something being released on that date, perhaps?

The clip ends with the message, \"It’s time!!! To smash that pumpkin and treat it as pie...cause we still gotta get through Thanksgiving!!!\"

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