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FILE - People shop at Mall of America, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, in Bloomington, Minn. Billboard has posted a list of top seasonal hits since 2010, and Mariah Carey's “All I Want for Christmas is You” has been No. 1 for 57 of the 62 weeks it has run, says the chart director. The song is so omnipresent that the Wall Street Journal wrote last year about retail workers driven batty by how many times it comes on in their stores, including one who retreats to the stockroom every time he hears the distinctive opening bells. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)

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