Mariah Carey lovingly films her twins Monroe and Moroccan as they open presents on Christmas morning

Mariah Carey lovingly filmed her children opening presents on Christmas morning during their annual luxury getaway to Aspen.

The pop diva shares her 11-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan with her sizzling ex-husband Nick Cannon, who is set to welcome her 12th child.

On Christmas Day, she uploaded a cute montage of her little ones rushing to their presents under the lavishly landscaped Christmas tree.

Mariah, 52, was also joined by her dashing boyfriend Bryan Tanaka, 39, her former backup dancer, who she has been dating since 2016.

The heartwarming scene took place in a sprawling $22 million Aspen home that Essence reports renting through Airbnb.

At the start of the video, she was outside on Christmas Eve, dressed in a plunging Mrs. Claus outfit that displayed her large endowments.

Cooing in front of one of the live deer she had enlisted for her Christmas experience, she wished her fans a Merry Christmas and gave them a kiss.

The next morning, her children were seen nudging her as she slept peacefully, completely hidden by her duvet.

In a flash, the sheets flew off her and she said, “Let’s go,” heading to the Christmas tree to start the proceedings.

Moroccan could be seen choosing which of his gifts to open first, then tearing open the wrapper of a gift that had particularly “excited” him.

Mariah also turned the camera to Monroe, showing her viewers the notes she designed for her daughter’s gifts reading: “To: Roe” and “From: Mommy.”

‘Do you like my little things?’ Mariah asked while letting her staggering 11.5 million Instagram followers get a glimpse of the gift tags.

Mariah’s 2020 recording of the Big Band Era seasonal classic Sleigh Ride played, prompting Bryan to remind the kids, “This is your mom’s song.”

In a recent interview with USA todayMariah has revealed how much she has adapted her home life around the festive season.

“When I’m not on stage and I’m in vacation mode, there are rules that I set. I don’t care who it is – the kids, if I have guests, it doesn’t matter – nobody is allowed to play or watch anything other than a Christmas-related thing,” she said.

“If I wake up in the middle of the night and walk into the living room, and the music isn’t playing and the lights aren’t on, I just can’t handle it.”

Mariah, who legend has it once had a gig rider stipulating that she “doesn’t do stairs,” is enjoying a respite from a busy holiday season.

Last month saw the release of The Christmas Princess, a children’s book she co-wrote with Michaela Angela Davis, who also worked on Mariah’s memoir.

This month it performed its annual Christmas concerts first at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and then at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The Madison Square Garden concerts were filmed for a TV special called Merry Christmas To All! which aired on CBS last week and can be streamed on Paramount+.

In addition to numbers from her two Christmas albums, Mariah included “I’ve never performed live before” material, she explained. USA today.

She hoped to make sure the performances were “as magical as possible”, citing the affection she feels from her fans, who she took to calling her “lambs”.

“A lot of times as a kid, or even early in my career, I didn’t feel loved,” she confessed. “I’ve definitely never felt unconditional love and that’s what I have with my fans: that connection. So I’m extremely excited.

Further into the future, she and her precious former director Lee Daniels are collaborating on a TV movie based on her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey.

When it comes to finding the right actress to play her, Mariah said, “I don’t think it’s about ‘choosing the girl who sings Mariah Carey’s style’, anything.”

What she wants is “a great actress with a somewhat similar look and just making sure the acting is there”. Because we have the music – they can sing along.

Until recently, Mariah was facing a $20 million copyright lawsuit brought by a writer called Andy Stone who claimed her seasonal classic All I Want For Christmas Is You was ‘derived’ from a song she he had written in 1989.

His song was also called All I Want For Christmas Is You, and although the music and lyrics were different, he felt he should have the rights to the name.

However, Mariah can breathe a sigh of relief as the plaintiff sought to have her suit dismissed in November, according to court documents seen by rolling stone.