Ngamafuphi, uMariya watshela ukuthi kuze kube manje akaziguli, akazi ubulili bengane futhi akahleleli ukumbona, futhi igumbi lezingane lizohlela imibala ye-pastel.
Futhi sitshelwe ngempilo esondelene neNick Cannon: "Ngincamela ukwenza lokhu. Ngoba ake athi ungumntwana ogodliwe. Ngabe ufuna ngempela noma ngubani ukukukhulisa imicabango yakho yocansi? Hhayi ikakhulukazi, yebo ?! ".
U-Ellen wadonsela ukunaka ezithendeni eziphakeme zikaMariah futhi wamenza ukuthi ukhathalela ukuthi ujabule ngokuthi wazalwa cishe ezicathulweni futhi wahlala ehamba ngamasokisi akhe, ngenxa yalokho uNanny wakhe wayehlala ehleka njalo.
Umculi futhi watshelwa nge-albhamu yakhe "Merry Christmas kuwe". Le yi-albhamu yesibili kaKhisimusi, kwathi owokuqala wayeneminyaka engu-16 edlule, futhi ngokukaMariah, khona-ke akekho noyedwa owayengakholelwa ukuthi ngokwakhewakhe wabhala lezi zingoma. Wonke umuntu wayekholelwa ukuthi uyazigwaza.
Ngendlela, waqopha "uKhisimusi ojabulayo kuwe" ehlobo, nakumbuzo u-Ellen, akuzange kumangaze ukube umbhalise ekushiseni, uMariya wavuma ukuthi ukudala umkhathi, wahlobisa isitudiyo nendlu nge Imihlobiso yoNyaka Omusha futhi yafaka ngisho nomuthi kaKhisimusi.