Hey, it's Martine. I hope you're having a cozy Christmas Eve if you celebrate or just

a lovely weekend if you don't. Today, we are bringing you a bonus episode, a short little

joy snack before we take off for the holidays. It's from our executive producer Maggie

Penman. She has become fascinated with this battle over a royal title and the question

of who gets to be the queen of Christmas. This question has actually ended up in the federal

legal system and Maggie heard all about it from reporter Maria Luis Apal. Here's Maria talking to

Maggie. Come November 1st. There will always be a video and Mariah Carey will always come out saying

it's time. I can't I can't. No, I don't. It's time.

People call it her the frosting and that's the start of Mariah Carey season. When

all I want for Christmas plays on replay everywhere.

Maria is of course talking about Mariah Carey's 1994 hit All I Want for Christmas is you.

Perhaps the most iconic Christmas song of all time. Or perhaps not. That is actually sort of

what's up for debate here. In fact, there was an article that said Mariah Carey is the

undisputed queen of Christmas and that was the basis for her application. She said here's the proof

that I am the queen of Christmas. So yes, R&B singer Mariah Carey filed a bunch of applications with

the US patent and trademark office to be officially and exclusively the queen of Christmas. Hence

fourth. But the office denied her applications to trademark this term and I want to understand why.

So I talked to Maria who has been reporting on this for the post and I also spoke with another

singer who filed a series of oppositions to Mariah's applications because she thinks trying to

trademark the queen of Christmas is not in keeping with the Christmas spirit.

So basically Mariah Carey had filed a series of applications to trademark queen of Christmas,

Princess Christmas, QOC and these would be used in just this wide array of products from

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