Hot Chili Peppers were featured in the video. In December 2019, Carey returned to The Late Late Show to perform the song for its 25th anniversary. In addition to this, she performed "Oh Santa!" and "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again". In 2020, Carey re-recorded and performed the song on her Christmas special. In 2022, Carey performed the song on her Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas To All! Christmas special. Music videos The first, primary video for the song was shot in the style of a home movie using Super 8 film; it was directed and filmed by Carey during the Christmas season of 1993. The video begins with Carey decorating a Christmas tree with holiday ornaments and frolicking through a snowy mountainside. Outdoor scenes were shot at the Fairy Tale Forest in New Jersey, where Carey's then-husband Tommy Mottola made a cameo appearance as Santa Claus. It continues with scenes of Carey getting ready for her album cover photo shoot and spending time with her dog Jack. It concludes with Santa Claus leaving Carey with a bag of presents and waving goodbye. It has more than 713 million views on YouTube as of December 2021. In the song's alternate video, inspired by The Ronettes, Carey dances in a 1960s-influenced studio surrounded by go–go dancers. For a 1960s look, the video was filmed in black and white, with Carey in white boots and teased up hair. This video was also directed by Carey. There are two edits to this version of the video. In 2019, along with the release of the deluxe 25th-anniversary edition of her album Merry Christmas, she released two new music videos for the song. The first featured unreleased footage of the first primary video. The second, directed by Joseph Kahn was a "revamped" version entitled the "Make My Wish Come True Edition" with new scenes of Carey in 2019. A montage of celebrities lip-syncing the song was also released on Carey's Vevo channel that same year. Some celebrities featured in the video include Ryan Reynolds, Kim Kardashian, and James Corden. Lawsuit On June 3, 2022, songwriter Andy Stone from Vince Vance & the Valiants filed a copyright lawsuit against Carey, alleging that she "exploited" and made "undeserved profits" off his song, "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which was written five years prior to Carey's version. However, on November 2, 2022, Stone dropped his lawsuit.