Mariah Carey and her daughter, Monroe, shared a special mother-daughter moment while singing the classic Christmas hymn “Away in a Manger” at her Christmas show in Toronto last year. Carey introduced her daughter to her sold-out crowd at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena saying, “This is my baby girl, here. Eleven years ago, I got the greatest gift. You know what, I don’t have birthdays, but the birthing day was the greatest gift ever, when I had my twins Roc and Roe [Moroccan and Monroe], and once again I’d like to introduce you to my daughter, Monroe.” Carey continued by saying “This is our first duet,” although she said they had been working on it for quite some time.
The duo matched in white sparkly dresses as the crowd cheered loudly for them while they sang their first-ever duet on stage. Many were stunned by Monroe’s strong vocals just like her mother, and went wild for them while they sang the Christmas hymn. “My daughter, Miss Monroe,” Carey proudly said after the performance.
Many people call the singer the “Queen of Christmas” after her iconic 1994 song “All I Want For Christmas” continues to top the charts year after year. Although Carey recently set the record straight on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” about the real “Queen of Christmas” by saying, “I think, if anybody would be the ‘Queen of Christmas,’ that would be Mary.